When the Bernsteins Hosted the Black Panthers

'Maestro' skips a key chapter in their life, resurrected in a new documentary about nemesis Tom Wolfe

Dec 29, 2023

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Untitled design (6).png — Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre, his wife, at the premiere of *Cleopatra* in New York in 1963. (Bettemann/Getty Images)

Aside from that prosthetic nose that Bradley Cooper dons to portray Leonard Bernstein in Netflix’s Maestro, the biggest questions surrounding the film in advance of its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival w…

When the Bernsteins Hosted the Black Panthers

'Maestro' skips a key chapter in their life, resurrected in a new documentary about nemesis Tom Wolfe

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