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The documentary The 50 Year Argument, co-directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, profiles the history of The New York Review of Books, the Big Apple newspaper that has been one of the most controversial and respected periodicals in the country during its first half-century. The filmmakers interviews numerous contributors to the newspaper including the paper's hands-on editor Bob Silvers. The film recounts a number of memorable pieces published in the paper including a piece by Gore Vidal that led to a feud with Norman Mailer, Joan Didion's questioning of the guilt of young black men accused of raping a jogger in Central Park, and many more. {#The 50 Year Argument screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.