''Regarding Susan Sontag'' is a 2014 documentary film about the American intellectual

Susan Sontag Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, philosopher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. Her ...

, directed by

Nancy Kates Nancy Kates is an independent filmmaker based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She directed ''Regarding Susan Sontag'', a feature documentary about the late essayist, novelist, director and activist. Through archival footage, interviews, still photo ...

. It premiered at

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in April 2014 and on HBO in December 2014. Interviewees include Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, writers Terry Castle, Wayne Koestenbaum and Stephen Koch, and Sontag's sister Judith Sontag Cohen. Actress

Patricia Clarkson Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an American actress. She has starred in numerous leading and supporting roles in a variety of films ranging from independent film features to major film studio productions. Her accolades incl ...

voices Sontag's journals and writings.

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of 86% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 8.33/10. On

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, the film has a weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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of ''The New York Times'' called the film "compelling" and "perceptive". The film received the Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary Feature at the 2014

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