J.G. Boswell And The Making Of A Secret American Empire; FilmWeek
J.G. Boswell And The Making Of A Secret American Empire
Over the past 50 years, J.G. Boswell, the biggest farmer in America, has thumbed his nose at nature, politicians and every journalist who ever tried to expose the workings of his agricultural empire. Now at 80, Boswell has done an "about face," revealing himself and his story to two award winning Los Angeles Times journalists. His saga, more than a business story, is a sweeping social history that takes us from Georgia where his family owned slaves to the black farmlands of California, where he carved out the richest cotton empire in the world. Larry talks with Rick Wartzman, Los Angeles Times Business Editor, previously with the Wall Street Journal, Mark Arax, LA Times reporter and author of the critically acclaimed In My Father's Name, about his search to find his father's killers. Both are co-authors of The King of California: JG. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire.
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Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, and Peter Rainer of New York Magazine discuss this week's new film releases, including The Missing, The Haunted Mansion, Bad Santa, In America, The Cooler, Timeline, The Triplets of Belleville, The Cat in the Hat, 21 Grams, and My Flesh and Blood. Larry and the critics also discuss holiday gift ideas for the movie buff.