The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
An intimate study of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the 20th century tracking feminist icon Susan Sontag’s seminal, life-changing moments through archival materials, accounts from friends, family, colleagues, and lovers, as well as her own words, as read by Patricia Clarkson.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Nancy D. KatesDirector
- John HaptasScreenplay
- Nora Kroll-RosenbaumOriginal Music Composer
- Nancy D. KatesScreenplay
- Laura KarpmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Susan SontagSelf (archive footage)
- Patricia ClarksonSusan Sontag (voice)
- Noël BurchSelf
- Lucinda ChildsSelf
- Mark DannerSelf
- Nadine GordimerSelf
- Alice KaplanSelf
- Stephen KochSelf
- Eva KollischSelf
- Fran LebowitzSelf
- Annie LeibovitzSelf
- David RieffSelf
Stills
Themes
feminism