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The Best Episodes of The New Yorker Presents Season 1

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The Best Episodes of The New Yorker Presents Season 1

A groundbreaking series that brings America's most award-winning magazine, The New Yorker, to the screen with documentaries, short narrative films, comedy, poetry, animation, and cartoons...

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  1. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Episode 1

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    Filmmaker Alex Gibney (Going Clear) tells how the FBI could have prevented the 9/11 attacks - if it weren't for the CIA. Le Cafe de Balzac: Paul Giamatti plays 19th-century French author Honore de Balzac, who drank 50 cups of coffee each day. Unreality Star: Patients with "The Truman Show delusion" believe their lives are being watched on TV. Cartoon by Roz Chast.

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    Director:Alex Gibney
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    The Ride of Their Lives: Filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) profiles two young people in the world's most dangerous sport - bull riding. Black Bodies in Motion and in Pain: Writer Edwidge Danticat looks at racist violence in America through art. The Death and Life of Atlantic City: Writer Nick Paumgarten on the closure of the Revel casino. Cartoons by Roz Chast and Liana Finck.

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    THE SILVER THIEF: Filmmakers Chapman Way and Maclain Way (Wild Wild Country; The Battered Bastards of Baseball) profile master thief Blane Nordahl. UP AND THEN DOWN: Writer Nick Paumgarten explains why life as we know it depends on elevators. TOM OF FINLAND: The artist called Tom of Finland changed the image of gay men forever. Is his work porn, or is it art? CARTOONS by Farley Katz and Benjamin Schwartz.

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    Directors:Jyllian Gunther, Chapman Way, Maclain Way
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The New Yorker Presents" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Alex Gibney and written by Alex Gibney, it aired on 2/16/2016. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".