Griffin Dunne Is Using Kickstarter To Finance A Documentary About His Aunt, Joan Didion

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As a longtime Joan Didion fan and admirer, I was excited to learn today that Griffin Dunne — Didion’s nephew and the son of Dominick Dunne who’s made a good name for himself as an actor, writer and producer — has launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance a documentary about her. I’ve already made a donation and I’m sure other Didion fans and admirers are eager to do likewise. Embedded above is a short film/trailer detailing Dunne’s hopes for the project, as well as why he’s doing it.

Here’s the message the aforementioned trailer embedded above ends with…

(Via Vogue)

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