Behind The Film: Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause with James L. Freedman
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On this episode of Indie Film Weekly, Glen Reynolds and Jason Connell speak with filmmaker James L. Freedman about his documentary Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause, which celebrates Grodin’s comedic career (The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, talk shows) while spotlighting his lesser-known decades of social justice work, including helping wrongly convicted women—often mothers of color—get out of prison and pushing reforms to New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws.
Freedman explains how he chose the subject, gained access to Grodin’s archives through his wife Alyssa, and built the…
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