John Kennedy Toole: The Omega Point

John Kennedy Toole: The Omega Point

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2009•57 min•Documentary
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Michael Arata
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Thelma Ducoing Toole
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Joseph Sanford
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The life story of Pulitzer Prize winning author John Kennedy Toole as told by friends and colleagues. Legacy format production, representational photography and an original music score combine to bring the author's life into focus. His personal triumphs, his untimely death and the publication of the novel, 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' years after his suicide are all explored in this darkly beautiful first person narrative.
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