Title: The untold tales of Armistead Maupin
Description: Jennifer Kroot's documentary about the creator of Tales of the City moves nimbly between playful and poignant and laugh-out-loud funny. Maupin offers a disarmingly frank look at the journey that took him from the jungles of Vietnam to the bathhouses of '70's San Francisco to the front line of the American culture war.
Subjects: American Novelists, Gay rights, Gay men
People: Armistead Maupin
Time periods: 20th century