The Kingmaker (USA, Denmark, 100 min.) Dir. Lauren Greenfield Programme:Β TIFFΒ Docs (Canadian premiere) Lauren Greenfield has become an award winning documentarian thanks to films likeΒ Generation WealthΒ andΒ The Queen of Versailles, which illustrate the obnoxiousness
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