Regarding Susan Sontag / HBO Documentary Films ; Question Why Films presents ; a film by Nancy Kates.

[New York, N.Y.] : HBO Documentary Films, 2014.

1 online resource (1 video file (100 min., 35 sec.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences

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An intimate and nuanced investigation into the life of Susan Sontag, one of the most important literary, political and feminist icons of her generation. This documentary tracks Sontag's life through evocative experimental images, archival materials, accounts from friends, family, colleagues, and lovers, as well as her own words as read by Patricia Clarkson. From her early infatuation with books to her first experience in a gay bar; from her early marriage to her 15-year relationship with legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz, the film is a fascinating look at a towering cultural critic and writer whose works on photography, war, illness, and terrorism continue to resonate today.

Women Make Movies collection.

Images / Online / Video & Film

English

April 27, 2020

Produced and directed by Nancy Kates ; written by John Haptas, Nancy Kates ; written by John Haptas, Nancy Kates ; music, Laura Karpman and Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum.

Susan Sontag, Annie Leibovitz; voice of Patricia Clarkson.