Annabelle Dunne Archive Netflix’s New Joan Didion Documentary Speaks to Pain and Memory Author: Ellen O'Connell Whittet | Oct292017 Categories: Critical Essays No comments I cannot watch a documentary about Joan Didion impartially any more than her nephew, Griffin Dunne, could make an impartial film about his legendary aunt. To say that Didion, now 82, has had an impact on me is an understatement.