Peter Askin's film, "Trumbo" will open the Full Frame Documentary Festival on April 3 in Durham, NC. Based on the play written by Christopher Trumbo, the docu profiles "Spartacus" screenwriter Dalton Trumbo through readings of the famous scribe's letters by Joan Allen, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, and Dustin Hoffman among others. Trumbo was a member of the blacklisted Hollywood 10 and served 10 months in federal prison for contempt of Congress.
His Oscar-winning script for "Roman Holiday" was written under a pseudonym.
"We are honored to present the U.S. premiere of 'Trumbo' as the opening night film at the 2008 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival," said Peg Palmer, exec director of Full Frame. "This film is a stirring reminder of the struggle and high price some pay for freedom of speech. With the recent Writer's Guild of America strike, we are even more keenly aware of the power of words and the impact a writer's absence can have on our entertainment culture."
Full Frame will run April 3-6.
Photo: Dalton Trumbo in his favorite writing location, courtesy of Mitzi Trumbo.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
Your use of the word 'favorite writing location' is sarchastic I assume. It is well known that many blacklisted writers were forced to write in bathtubs in order to maintain privacy. Others had to don disguises which at times were insulting. Let's hope this doesn't happen again.
Posted by: Ktroop | 3/5/2008 9:05:03 AM