The Topdog Diaries
An intimate documentary portrait of playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, exploring why a writer writes and how a play gets made. The film gives an inside look at the creative process and the challenges, opportunities, and personal milestones Parks encounters over two years that lead to the production of her 2002 Pulitzer prize-winning play. Behind-the-sences footage of rehearsals and coverage of Topdog/Underdog in performance, features actors Don Cheadle and Jeffrey Wright in a close-up theater experience that's rarely seen on film. The Topdog Diaries captures the triumphant Broadway debut of a writer who continues to take the daring chances that have always defined her work. - premiered on PBS Stage on Screen Available now on DVD through Image Entertainment.
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"dives headfirst into Parks' creative process... and comes out an incisive, intimate look at the playwright and at the journey she took to get her work from the page to the stage." - Hollywood Reporter
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