The film traces Bellow’s rise to eminence and examines his many identities: reluctant public intellectual, ‘serial husband’, father, Chicagoan, Jew and American. Interviews with the novelist’s family and friends will shed new light on Bellow’s personality and the way he turned life into art.
Screened at the festival: San Francisco Jewish Film Festival * Toronto Jewish Film Festival * Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival * Boston Jewish Film Festival * Barcelona Jewish Film Festival * San Diego Jewish Film Festival * Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival * Houston Jewish Film Festival * AICE * Miami Jewish Film Festival * Chagrin Documentary Film Festival * Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival * French Jewish Film Festival * Cleveland Jewish Film Festival * Austin Jewish Film Festival * Gold Coast International Film Festival * International Documentary Film Festival of Buenos Aires * Hamptons Doc Fest * Atlanta Jewish Film Festival * Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival * Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival * Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival * Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival (Greater Hartford Jewish Film Festival) * Boca Raton Jewish / Israeli Film Series * The Fine Arts Film Festival * International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra Awards * The Montreal Israeli Films Festival * Brussels Jewish International Film Festival * UK Jewish Film Festival * The Jewish Federation Of Sarasota-Manatee: Klingenstein Jewish Center * Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival * Berkshire Jewish Film Festival * Carmarthen Bay Film Festival * Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival * Monte-Carlo Television Festival And many others…