The American Tragedy and the Pen of Russell Banks
Screenshot from the documentary “Russell Banks: I Write In Order To Become A Better Person”
Denis Mueller is a documentary filmmaker; it’s his artistic raison d’etre. The topics of his many films are political, literary or both. They include Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral On a Moving Train, The FBI’s War on Black America, Peace Has No Borders (co-produced with Deb Ellis), and Nelson Algren: The End is Nothing, the Road is All (with Ilko Davidov). His newest film, due out in spring 2026...