The Francis Ford Coppola Story—Sam Wasson and Peter Bart @RanchoMirageWritersFestival

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Please join bestselling author Sam Wasson and Peter Bart as they discuss one of America’s greatest film directors, Francis Ford Coppola, and his decades-long dream to reinvent American filmmaking through his production company, American Zoetrope. Through Zoetrope’s experimental, communal utopia, Coppola has reimagined the entire pursuit of moviemaking.

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