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While best known for the two volumes of his graphic novel “Maus,” cartoonist Art Spiegelman’s deeply personal body of work also includes “In the Shadow of No Towers,” “Breakdowns” and “The Wild Party.” When “Maus” was banned by a Tennessee school board in 2022, Spiegelman, a self-avowed “first amendment fundamentalist,” stepped back into the spotlight as an ardent defender of free speech and opponent of book-banning. ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE is a portrait of an artist fully engaged with his past and his present who, with his chosen medium of comics, helps us to understand our turbulent world. It is a testimony to the power of art to make sense of our personal and collective histories. (Note adapted from Zipatone Films.) DIR/PROD Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin; PROD Sam Jinishian, Alicia Sams. U.S., 2024, color, 100 min. NOT RATED

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