Regarding Susan Sontag (2014)

5.7/10 100 min Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Susan Sontag

Self (archive footage)

Patricia Clarkson

Susan Sontag (voice)

Noël Burch

Self

Lucinda Childs

Self

Nadine Gordimer

Self

Fran Lebowitz

Self

Annie Leibovitz

Self

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