26 Jul 2024
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
A Nepali mountaineer risks everything on a record-breaking Mount Everest climb to secure a brighter future for her daughters.
Regarding Susan Sontag
Ideas move me.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Patricia Clarkson Susan Sontag (voice)
Mark Danner Himself
Alice Kaplan Herself
Stephen Koch Himself
Eva Kollisch Herself
Fran Lebowitz Herself
Annie Leibovitz Herself
David Rieff Himself
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