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Leaving October 1
Directed by Penny Lane | 79 mins | 2016
Thanks to a preternatural knack for self-promotion and a commitment to the medical possibilities of goat testicles, John Romulus Brinkley, born into poverty in 1885, acquired fame and fortune and very nearly become the governor of Kansas. Director Penny Lane brings Brinkley’s incredible story to life through handsome animations supplemented by archival materials in this resonant and perversely playful documentary, in which credulity grows in the shadow of the American Dream.
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