The rise in recent years of nonfiction or reality TV has been mirrored in Hollywood by a corresponding increase in popularity for nonfiction movies or documentaries. Playwright Tony Kushner" opens in New York today via Balcony Releasing and expands in the weeks ahead, told me, "It's just a great renaissance for the form. Basically, the public has discovered how entertaining and interesting and engaging documentary films can be.

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