By George, A Life
Director: Patrick Cone, Robert W Fieseler
Documentary Feature
USA |
96 min
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The story of a World War II liberator who exemplifies the maxim that you cannot control what happens to you. What you can control is what to do with what happens to you. George found within trauma the will to do what he could to repair the world. First in segregated Chicagoland, then the American South, then the Middle East. In indecent times, this is a true story of decency doing what it can, for as long as it can, to make a dent in world challenges.
Director’s bio:
Robert W. Fieseler is a journalist investigating marginalized groups and a scholar excavating forgotten histories of the South and Midwest. A National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association “Journalist of the Year” and a recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship, his debut book Tinderbox won seven awards, including the Edgar Award, and his scholarship has appeared in Salon and Slate, among others. Fieseler graduated co-valedictorian from the Columbia Journalism School and is pursuing a PhD in History at Tulane University. His highly anticipated second book, American Scare, was declared a “masterwork” by ALA Booklist and a Best Book of 2025 by Kirkus. A Naperville kid who daydreamed in the stacks of Nichols Library, he graduated from Naperville Central High School in 1999 and now lives with his husband on the gayest street in New Orleans.