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Toward this end, Thom Zimny, director of acclaimed Bruce Springsteen documentaries, has lensed a three-hour, two-part attempt at what Priscilla called “telling Elvis’ story with sympathy.” Elvis Presley: The Searcher premiered Wednesday at the Zach Scott Theatre for SXSW Film and airs on HBO April 14. “The artist has been lost in the legend,” she lamented. The former Del Valle High student – when her father was stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base in 1956 – went on to detail the story of her 40-years-deceased first husband, widely declared and unchallenged as the King of Rock & Roll. Priscilla Presley (Photo by David Brendan Hall)

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