Smiling Through the Apocalypse

'Smiling Through the Apocalypse' chronicles a man whose editorial instincts produced one of the greatest magazines ever: Harold Hayes, the swinging editor and cultural provocateur of the iconic Esquire Magazine of the Sixties. Through the narrative of his son Tom, a journey ensues opening unprecedented access to some of the Esquire magazine's most compelling talents, from Nora Ephron to George Lois, and Tom Wolfe to Gore Vidal. The film is a story of risk, triumph, and challenge told by the people that helped make the magazine great, and a son who only come to understand his father's editorial greatness 23 years after his passing. Smiling Through the Apocalypse is streaming with subscription on fuboTV, streaming with subscription on Kanopy, free on Tubi, and 1 other. It's a biography and documentary movie with a better than average IMDb audience rating of 6.8 (38 votes).