The Best Episodes Directed By Gus Van Sant

A young peace activist escapes his repressive life in Phoenix and heads to San Francisco, hoping to find refuge and community, but finds that the struggle for survival is just as difficult as it was back home. Elsewhere, NOW purges lesbians from its ranks.

Truman Capote is the toast of New York society. But a dishy excerpt published in Esquire Magazine threatens to topple him from his precarious perch.

Babe makes peace with a harsh reality. Truman makes an effort to get sober.

In the aftermath of the Esquire article, Truman starts on a downward spiral. The Swans form a unified front.

In 1966, documentary filmmakers the Maysles brothers capture the events leading up to and following Truman's iconic Black and White Ball.

In New York, it's the end of an era. In California, Truman tries to usher in a new era with a hunky beau.