Call it a massive literary hoax or twisted identity theft. Or just call it art. Either way, "Author: The JT LeRoy Story" will fascinate and at the same time cause much frustrated head-scratching.
This documentary by Jeff Feuerzeig puts the novelist Laura Albert on center stage, and boy does she love being there. You may never have heard of Albert, but many will recall her creation — the young writer JT LeRoy, who shot to cult stardom in the early aughts with two memoirs — "Sarah" and "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things."
JT (which stands for Jeremiah Terminator) made appearances and became an elusive celebrity, hobnobbing with the likes of Winona Ryder and Gus Van Sant. Madonna professed to adore his writing. Asia Argento bought the movie rights to "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things" and starred in it as JT's mom Sarah. When this movie was released in 2004, JT LeRoy even came on a promotional tour to Japan, bringing a bag full of sex charms as gifts to the press.