Nancy Kates

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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.[1] Through archival footage, interviews, still photographs and images from popular culture, the film reflects the boldness of Sontag’s work and the cultural importance of her thought,[2] and received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities,[3] the National Endowment for the Arts,[4] the Foundation for Jewish Culture[5] and the Sundance Documentary Film Program.[6] Kates is best known for her film Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, a full-length documentary she made with co-producer Bennett Singer about Bayard Rustin, the *** civil rights leader.[7] The film premiered on the PBS series POV[8] and at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival,[9] and received numerous awards, including the 2004 GLAAD ***** Award and audience awards at the major American *** and lesbian film festivals. It also received the award for best feature film at New York’s New Festival and a number of jury prizes.[10] "In the struggle for African-American dignity, Rustin was perhaps the most critical figure that many people have never heard of," says a review in TIME Magazine, "but neither mainstream society nor even the civil rights leadership could cope with his honesty."[11] Hailed as "marvelous" by The Wall Street Journal,[12] "packed with information" by The New York Times,[13] and "beautifully crafted" by The Boston Globe,[14] the Village Voice commends the film for "vividly bring[ing] back to life a man who deeply and brilliantly influenced the course of the civil rights and peace movements."[15] In 1995, Kates' ******'s thesis for Stanford University's film program, Their Own Vietnam, won a Student Academy Award in documentary.[16] The film tells the stories of five American women who served in the Vietnam War, including a couple who met while serving. It presents a complex pictur