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'Dear Mr. Brody': Film Review

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Focusing as much on bystanders to a historical event as on its central character, documentarian Keith Maitland follows up his brilliant (and Emmy-winning) Tower with Dear Mr.

Brody, another inventive look at a fifty year-old piece of American history: In January 1970, a 21 year-old "hippie millionaire" announced to the media that he intended to give his money away to anyone who'd ask for it.

The total obscurity of this episode today lends an element of suspense to the doc, which sometimes prioritizes capturing a moment's spirit over nailing down facts.

But suffice it to say things didn't go perfectly for either the philanthropist or his would-be beneficiaries —making Brody a portrait of a nation's needy as much as of a deluded messiah..

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