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Penny, Bill and Ada Lee

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Marc Myers
Jul 15, 2017
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For The Wall Street Journal this week, I interviewed documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker (go here), who directed Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop, Ziggy Stardust, The War Room and many others, including Audition at RCA. Penny and I talked about his unusual childhood bouncing back and forth between New York and Chicago, and the crucial role he played in th…

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