INDIVIDUAL TO UNIVERSAL - Regarding Susan Sontag
Speaker(s): Nancy Kates
èצӰÏñ Arts Institute and Camera As Witness, School of Education present
INDIVIDUAL TO UNIVERSAL series
co-presented with èצӰÏñ Film Society
Regarding Susan Sontag
(98 min) US
Director/Producer: Nancy Kates
Regarding Susan Sontag follows the writer and activist through a life marked by moral conflict. It chronicles Sontag's rise to fame; she was one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers, while struggling privately with her fears, sexuality, self-image, and relationships. The film features insightful interviews, fascinating archival images, and a creative visual style that reflects both her interest in photography and her status as an icon. Sontag thought deeply about crisis, from war and the Holocaust to personal crisis: a stage IV cancer diagnosis at forty-two. Sontag was by turns brilliant, beautiful, arrogant and insightful. Sadly, the public knows little about her, particularly the same-sex relationships she hid throughout her life. The film investigates ‘who was Susan Sontag, and why is she important now?
Monday, November 30
6:30PM Reception with the filmmaker Nancy Kates
7:00PM Screening and DiscussionCERAS building room 101, èצӰÏñ Graduate School of Education 520 Galvez Mall, èצӰÏñ
Following the screening discussion with the award winning filmmaker and èצӰÏñ alumna Nancy Kates moderated by Jasmina Bojic, Camera As Witness Program Director and Founder of the international documentary film festival UNAFF.
FREE and open to the general public