JT LeRoy

Release	April 26, 2019 (Limited)
Cast	Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Diane Kruger, Jim Sturgess, Courtney Love
Director	Justin Kelly
Writer	Justin Kelly
Genres	Drama
Studio	Universal Pictures/Pacific Northwest Pictures
Length	108 mins.

Synopsis

Brooklyn-based author Laura Albert (Laura Dern) invents a literary persona named JT LeRoy and writes a "autobiography" based on LeRoy's childhood experiences of poverty, abuse and prostitution. The book becomes a bestseller, so when the media wants to interview JT, Albert agrees to do phone interviews, claiming the author is reclusive.

However, Laura eventually needs to produce a real, live JT, so she convinces her quiet, awkward bisexual sister-in-law, Savannah Knoop (Kristen Stewart), to pose as the author. With the use of wigs and baggy clothing, Savannah transforms herself into the gender-fluid male author.

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