Regarding Susan Sontag
“Ideas move me.”
2014•1h 40m•5.7•Released
Documentary
An intimate study of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the 20th century tracking feminist icon Susan Sontag’s seminal, life-changing moments through archival materials, accounts from friends, family, colleagues, and lovers, as well as her own words, as read by Patricia Clarkson.
Director
Nancy D. Kates
Writer
John Haptas, Nancy D. Kates
Languages
English
Studio
HBO Documentary Films
Cast
Susan Sontag
Self (archive footage)
Patricia Clarkson
Susan Sontag (voice)
Noël Burch
Self
Lucinda Childs
Self
Mark Danner
Self
Nadine Gordimer
Self
Alice Kaplan
Self
Stephen Koch
Self
Eva Kollisch
Self
Fran Lebowitz
Self
Annie Leibovitz
Self
David Rieff
Self
Production
Company
HBO Documentary Films
Company
Question Why Films
Producer
Nancy D. Kates
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