INDIVIDUAL TO UNIVERSAL - Regarding Susan Sontag
Speaker(s): Nancy Kates
¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Arts Institute and Camera As Witness, School of Education present
INDIVIDUAL TO UNIVERSAL series
co-presented with ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ 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, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Graduate School of Education 520 Galvez Mall, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½
Following the screening discussion with the award winning filmmaker and ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ 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