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The Gospel According to André

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Filmmaker Kate Novack explores the life and career of fashion journalist André Leon Talley -- from his childhood in the segregated South to his iconic, barrier-breaking work at Women's Wear Daily, W and Vogue.
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The Gospel According to André offers an engaging overview of its fascinating subject, even if his accomplishments -- and outsize personality -- prove too expansive for a single film.

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Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald 06/23/2022
The most interesting aspect of this slightly over-long documentary has Talley and numerous old friends recall him growing up in the segregated South before embarking on a most unlikely career in New York. Well worth checking out. Go to Full Review Simran Hans Observer (UK) 10/01/2018
4/5
I'm a sucker for this sort of film. Go to Full Review David Jenkins Little White Lies 09/28/2018
2/5
Pleasantly fills a 90-minute gap, but probably one for fashion nuts only. Go to Full Review Kat Halstead Common Sense Media 07/28/2022
4/5
André Leon Talley is an ideal figure for a documentary: smart, eloquent, widely accomplished, and undeniably charismatic. Go to Full Review Sarah Brinks Battleship Pretension 03/24/2021
Gospel According to André is a story of how strong people can overcome great odds. And in a time of great division and racial tension in America, I think it is a vital story to be told. Go to Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension 12/10/2020
Novack is aware of the imagined incongruity of Talley in these places and outright rejects it, making The Gospel According to Andre not only a portrait of its subject but a challenge to our assumptions ... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 Nov 15 Real footage in 1 hour, 33 minutes, and 45 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more david f @dfulmer 09/14/2021 An interesting documentary about the flashy fashion journalist. I had not know this biographical information and it was very interesting indeed. See more 10/07/2018 OMG! I am forever changed. WELL. DONE. Ugh. Just... See more 06/19/2018 After hearing his Fresh Air (NPR) interview was interested in the movie. His back story is compelling coming from Jim Crow South and his strong Southern Baptist heritage made him who he is today: arbitrator of high fashion. See more 06/05/2018 At a time in America where our country suffers such divide stories like Andres feed our souls, nourish our hearts, and inspire our minds to the world we knoqw is possible. Andre is a remarkable story of courage, right action , Depth of heart and the ultimate choice we all have to create or get lost on side eddies in the grand river of life. The beauty of the laughter the full heart the remembrance of us Source Biondo saw God the beautiful for everyone! Bless you Andrea and bless you all of those who worked on this film. More and more Art just keeps flowing in and around this man. See more 05/29/2018 Great Documentary. Provided awesome insight into someone I had always seen but didn’t know much about. See more Read all reviews
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Kate Novack

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André Leon Talley

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Anna Wintour

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Marc Jacobs

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Whoopi Goldberg

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Manolo Blahnik

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Synopsis Filmmaker Kate Novack explores the life and career of fashion journalist André Leon Talley -- from his childhood in the segregated South to his iconic, barrier-breaking work at Women's Wear Daily, W and Vogue.
Director
Kate Novack
Producer
Kate Novack, Andrew Rossi, Josh Braun
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Magnolia Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Some Thematic Content|Some Suggestive Content)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 25, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 4, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$388.2K
Runtime
1h 34m
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