Watch Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017) Online Free
Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.
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Joan Didion, Griffin Dunne, Hilton Als, David Hare, Phyllis Rifield, Amy Robinson, Shelley Wanger, Harrison Ford, Tom Brokaw, Susanna Moore, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert B. Silvers
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