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Rec'd on 🎥 5/14: DOCUMENTARIES THAT LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON YOU.

Docu about Robert Caro (author of the power broker) and his editor, Robert Gottlieb. Makes you love writing, makes you want to commit your life to a craft as purely as these two guys have, and makes you want to read the power broker. Delightful!

@stoven

May 14, 2024

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@tortitude

truly incredible. I was lucky enough to see it screened with a Q&A from the two Bobs afterwards, just before we lost Gottlieb. Love these two men even though who knows when I’ll finish The Path to Power even.

May 15, 2024

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