RADICAL WOLFE
A Refocus Film Festival Selection
The shape of American journalism would be forever changed by the influence of Tom Wolfe, a Washington Post beat reporter turned overnight New Journalism sensation who radicalized the stylistic capacities of non-fiction storytelling. Invested in the importance of overlooked subcultures and communities, Wolfe’s oeuvre is a feverish documentation of everything from rural stock car drivers to to hippies in Haight Ashbury, bridging cultural and class divides in his effort to tell stories central to American life. Adapted from a Vanity Fair article by Michale Lewis, Radical Wolfe is the first documentary detailing Wolfe’s career, and is as illuminating as it is deeply personal, pulling back the curtain on the man in the white suit.
Official Selection: 2023 SIFF DocFest