Regarding Susan Sontag

An intimate profile of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. The film explores the life of the literary, political and feminist icon through archival materials and accounts from friends, family, colleagues and lovers. REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG is an intimate and nuanced investigation into the life of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the 20th century. Passionate and gracefully outspoken throughout her career, Susan Sontag became one of the most important literary, political and feminist icons of her generation. The documentary explores 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 actress Patricia Clarkson. From her early infatuation with books and her first experience in a gay bar; from her marriage in adolescence to her last lover, this documentary is a fascinating look at a towering cultural critic and writer whose works on photography, war, illness, and terrorism still resonate today. (HBO Europe)