Regarding Susan Sontag

Association for Jewish Studies Conference

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:37:00 +0000

Director Nancy Kates was invited to participate on a panel about Sontag’s Jewish identity at the 43rd annual Association for Jewish Studies conference in Washington, DC. Kates presented excerpts from Regarding Susan Sontag and engaged in lively discussion about Sontag’s “Jewish closet.” Other panelists included our advisor Nancy K. Miller, film scholar E. Ann Kaplan of Stony Brook, and Ann Pellegrini of NYU, who teaches performance and queer theory. The panel was chaired by Laura Levitt of Temple University.

Reel Change Workshop

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:11:37 +0000

Co-producer Rachel Antell spent three days at Reel Change: Managing Social Issue Film Campaigns, an interactive three-day training on creating integrated and powerful engagement campaigns for social issue documentaries. The residency was co-sponsored by Working Films and The Fledgling Fund.

Producing Summit

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:50:43 +0000

Director Nancy Kates has been invited to attend the Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Summit for 3 days in July. We are very excited to participate in the Summit and take advantage of its myriad resources for planning the creation and distribution of our film.

HBO Agreement

admin — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:30:31 +0000

May 28, 2011– The Sontag project is thrilled to have entered into a broadcast agreement with HBO Documentary Films. We greatly look forward to working with HBO towards the completion and broadcast of the film!

NEA Funding

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:38:50 +0000

May 17, 2011—Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, today announced that the Center for Independent Documentary has been recommended for a grant of $50,000 to support the feature-length documentary, Regarding Susan Sontag. This is the third grant that the film has received from the NEA.

Winter 2011 Update

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:58:31 +0000

The project team makes two production trips to New York and one to Hawaii to conduct interviews with colleagues, relatives and friends of Sontag. They have now completed principal photography and are preparing to begin editing the film.

CUNY Conference

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:57:35 +0000

Director Nancy Kates presents her work and screens excerpts from the documentary at the CUNY conference “The Scandals of Susan Sontag” in March, 2011.

California Council for the Humanities

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:55:38 +0000

California Council for the Humanities awards a generous production grant to Regarding Susan Sontag: story link here.

Regarding Susan Sontag in SF 360

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:53:30 +0000

Find out more about Regarding Susan Sontag in SF 360!

Foundation for Jewish Culture

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:51:30 +0000

The Foundation for Jewish Culture awards generous funding to Regarding Susan Sontag. Read about it in Variety and J Weekly!