The Cult of JT LeRoy (2014)
A feature documentary about the writer JT LeRoy - Ethically charged, controversial, and confusing, JT’s life and death sprang open a Pandora’s box of powerful questions about literature and culture, identity and celebrity, and the reality of the society we live in. Fraud? Art? Mental illness? Complicity? The Cult of JT Leroy will be a testament to this bizarre and elaborate story that has captured the attention and fascination of the world’s media, and perplexes to this day.
Director: Marjorie Sturm
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Savannah Knoop as Self |
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Asia Argento as Self |
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Lilly Bright as Self |
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Bruce Benderson as Self |
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Dennis Cooper as Self |
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Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte as Self |
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Laura Albert as Self |
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Caveh Zahedi as Self |
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Charles B. Wessler as Self |
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Ira Silverberg as Self |
| Directing | Marjorie Sturm | Director |
| Editing | Josh Melrod | Editor |
| Camera | Peggy Peralta | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ernesto Diaz-Infante | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Marjorie Sturm | Producer |
| Production | Andrew Anker | Executive Producer |
| Production | Renee Anker | Executive Producer |
| Production | William Hirsch | Executive Producer |
| Production | Josh Melrod | Co-Producer |
| Production | James Sturm | Co-Producer |
| Production | Rachel Gross | Co-Producer |
