There is a new documentary, “Trumbo,” opening at Sundance in Madison Friday. It arrives with great reviews for its portrayal of the blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo.
Stephen Holden in the New York Times called it a “stirring documentary” that “gives you reason to cheer but also to weep.”
Thursday, I climbed some stairs to get a look at the film’s genesis: Trumbo’s letters, which are stored on the fourth floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison.