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 gaycivil 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 Media Award and audience awards at the major American gay 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' master'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 picture of their identities as women, using archival footage, home movies and snapshots.[17] The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival,[18]South by Southwest Film Festival,[19] the Boston International Festival of Women’s Cinema, and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival among others, aired on public television, and received an award of merit from the International Documentary Association / David Wolper Awards.[20]The Journal of American History praised the film, saying that the "complex melding of images from the Vietnam conflict culled from newsreel footage, snapshots, and military recruiting films with the jarringly honest recollections of five female veterans makes this an extremely compelling film,"[21] and LA Weekly praised it for its "transformations fraught with anger, pain, unimaginable guilt and sometimes joy - and the honesty with which they're brought to light."[22]
Her previous films include Castro Cowboy, a short film about the late Marlboro model Christen Haren who died of AIDS in 1996, Joining the Tribe, Married People, and Going to Extremes.[23] A 1984 honors graduate of Harvard University, Kates worked for several years at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government writing public policy case-studies.[24] She is a former producer of the PBS series Computer Chronicles, and has worked as a producer, writer, and story consultant on various documentary projects. She also speaks frequently at schools, colleges and universities.[25]
Director's Choice Award. Black Maria Film Festival, 1993
Judge’s Special Merit Award. New England Film and Video Festival, 1993
Bronze Apple Award. National Educational Film and Video Festival, 1993
Works
Joining the Tribe
Married People
Going to Extremes
Castro Cowboy (1992). 7 minutes
Their Own Vietnam (1995). 23 minutes
Vale of Tears (2002). 4 minutes
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003) 84 minutes
External links
Regarding Susan Sontag
Brother Outsider
Nancy Kates Wordpress Blog
Nancy Kates IMDB
References
^Michael Fox, "Kates is in a Sontag state of mind" SF360 (accessed May 16, 2011)
^Nancy Kates, "Regarding Susan Sontag: A Documentary Film Project"(accessed May 16, 2011)
^"NEH announces $16 million in awards and offers for 286 humanities projects" National Endowment for the Humanities (accessed May 17, 2011)
^"FY 2010 Grant Awards: Arts on Radio and Television" National Endowment for the Arts (accessed May 17, 2011)
^"Films on Susan Sontag, Joann Sfar Receive Hefty Grant" The Arty Semite (accessed May 17, 2011) and "Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film" The Foundation for Jewish Culture (accessed May 17, 2011)
^"Regarding Susan Sontag" Sundance Institute Documentary (accessed May 17, 2011)
^Rona Marech, "O 'Brother' who art thou? Berkeley filmmaker ponders life of gay civil rights hero,", San Francisco Chronicle, January 16, 2003 (accessed May 16, 2011), and Michael Fox, "Berkeley filmmaker pays homage to overlooked civil rights activist," S.F. Jewish Bulletin (accessed March 30, 2007)
^"POV: Brother Outsider" PBS (accessed May 16, 2011)
^Shannon Kelley, "Brother Outsider Institute History, Sundance Institute (accessed May 23, 2011)
^"Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" 2003-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (accessed May 23, 2011)
^Andrew Sullivan TIME Magazine, January 20, 2003 (accessed May 23, 2011)
^Joshua Muravchik, "Marquee at Last" The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2003 (accessed May 23, 2011)
^Elvis Mitchell, "Critic's Notebook; A Comeback for Sundance, Documentaries Leading the Way The New York Times, January 20, 2003 (accessed May 23, 2011)
^Matthew Gilbert, "PBS Offers Inside Look at Civil-Rights Outsider: A Fascinating Look at Life of a Gay, Black Pacifist" Boston Globe, January 20, 2003 (accessed May 23, 2011)
^Nat Hentoff, "An Indispensable Gay Man: His 1963 March on Washington 'Woke Up America' Village Voice, January 14, 2003 (accessed May 23, 2011)
^"Student Academy Award Winners" The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
^Thinh Nguyen. "Vietnam through Women's Eyes," Harvard Magazine. September–October 1996 (accessed March 30, 2007)
^"Their Own Vietnam" Institute History, Sundance Institute (accessed May 23, 2011)
^Susan Fisher, "Telling their own story," Minuteman, Lexington MA, 1996
^Leisa D. Meye, "Their Own Vietnam," The Journal of American History Vol. 85, No. 3, December 1998
^"Their Own Vietnam," LA Weekly, November 22–28, 1996
^Dennis Conkin, "Local PBS to show documentary on lesbians in Vietnam," Bay Area Reporter, May 22, 1997, p. 21
^"The Case Program: Nancy Kates" Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government and Christopher Amar, "Nancy Kates wins medal in student film competition," Concord Journal, July 20, 1995
^"Project Team: Nancy D. Kates" 2013-04-26 at the Wayback MachineRegarding Susan Sontag
Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Records [1](Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Records, 1983-1994, CTC.1994.02, Curtis Theatre Collection, Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh)
January 01, 1970
nancy, kates, independent, filmmaker, based, francisco, area, directed, regarding, susan, sontag, feature, documentary, about, late, essayist, novelist, director, activist, through, archival, footage, interviews, still, photographs, images, from, popular, cult. 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 gay 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 Media Award and audience awards at the major American gay 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 master 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 picture of their identities as women using archival footage home movies and snapshots 17 The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival 18 South by Southwest Film Festival 19 the Boston International Festival of Women s Cinema and the Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival among others aired on public television and received an award of merit from the International Documentary Association David Wolper Awards 20 The Journal of American History praised the film saying that the complex melding of images from the Vietnam conflict culled from newsreel footage snapshots and military recruiting films with the jarringly honest recollections of five female veterans makes this an extremely compelling film 21 and LA Weekly praised it for its transformations fraught with anger pain unimaginable guilt and sometimes joy and the honesty with which they re brought to light 22 Her previous films include Castro Cowboy a short film about the late Marlboro model Christen Haren who died of AIDS in 1996 Joining the Tribe Married People and Going to Extremes 23 A 1984 honors graduate of Harvard University Kates worked for several years at Harvard s Kennedy School of Government writing public policy case studies 24 She is a former producer of the PBS series Computer Chronicles and has worked as a producer writer and story consultant on various documentary projects She also speaks frequently at schools colleges and universities 25 Contents 1 Awards 2 Works 3 External links 4 ReferencesAwardsThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Nancy Kates news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2008 Learn how and when to remove this message Brother Outsider Outstanding Documentary GLAAD Media Awards 2004 Silver Hugo Award Chicago International Television Competition 2004 American Library Association Notable Videos for Adults 2004 Jury Award for Best Documentary Icelandic Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2004 CINE Golden Eagle 2003 Audience Award for Best Documentary 27th San Francisco International Lesbian amp Gay Film Festival 2003 Best Documentary Cinequest San Jose Film Festival 2003 Outstanding Documentary Feature tie Outfest Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2003 Audience Award for Best Feature New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2003 Best Documentary Award Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2003 Jury Award for Best Documentary Chicago Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2003 Audience Award for Best Documentary Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2003 First Prize in Documentary Rhode Island Film Festival 2003 Jury Award for Best Documentary Athens International Film Festival 2003 Audience Award for Best Documentary Pittsburgh Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2003 Audience Award for Best Documentary Indianapolis Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2003 Their Own Vietnam Student Academy Award Documentary Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1995 Certificate of Merit David Wolper International Documentary Association 1995 Merit Award South by Southwest Film Festival 1996 Emerging Artists Award Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival 1996 Second Prize Documentary UFVA Film and Video Festival 1996 Athena Award for achievement in Lesbian Film Documentary 1996 Women s Programming Award Humboldt International Film Festival 1996 Award of Merit Sinking Creek Film Festival Nashville 1996 Castro Cowboy Director s Choice Award Black Maria Film Festival 1993 Judge s Special Merit Award New England Film and Video Festival 1993 Bronze Apple Award National Educational Film and Video Festival 1993WorksJoining the Tribe Married People Going to Extremes Castro Cowboy 1992 7 minutes Their Own Vietnam 1995 23 minutes Vale of Tears 2002 4 minutes Brother Outsider The Life of Bayard Rustin 2003 84 minutesExternal linksRegarding Susan Sontag Brother Outsider Nancy Kates Wordpress Blog Nancy Kates IMDBReferences Michael Fox Kates is in a Sontag state of mind SF360 accessed May 16 2011 Nancy Kates Regarding Susan Sontag A Documentary Film Project accessed May 16 2011 NEH announces 16 million in awards and offers for 286 humanities projects National Endowment for the Humanities accessed May 17 2011 FY 2010 Grant Awards Arts on Radio and Television National Endowment for the Arts accessed May 17 2011 Films on Susan Sontag Joann Sfar Receive Hefty Grant The Arty Semite accessed May 17 2011 and Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film The Foundation for Jewish Culture accessed May 17 2011 Regarding Susan Sontag Sundance Institute Documentary accessed May 17 2011 Rona Marech O Brother who art thou Berkeley filmmaker ponders life of gay civil rights hero San Francisco Chronicle January 16 2003 accessed May 16 2011 and Michael Fox Berkeley filmmaker pays homage to overlooked civil rights activist S F Jewish Bulletin accessed March 30 2007 POV Brother Outsider PBS accessed May 16 2011 Shannon Kelley Brother Outsider Institute History Sundance Institute accessed May 23 2011 Brother Outsider The Life of Bayard Rustin Archived 2003 02 16 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 23 2011 Andrew Sullivan The Invisible Man TIME Magazine January 20 2003 accessed May 23 2011 Joshua Muravchik Marquee at Last The Wall Street Journal January 20 2003 accessed May 23 2011 Elvis Mitchell Critic s Notebook A Comeback for Sundance Documentaries Leading the Way The New York Times January 20 2003 accessed May 23 2011 Matthew Gilbert PBS Offers Inside Look at Civil Rights Outsider A Fascinating Look at Life of a Gay Black Pacifist Boston Globe January 20 2003 accessed May 23 2011 Nat Hentoff An Indispensable Gay Man His 1963 March on Washington Woke Up America Village Voice January 14 2003 accessed May 23 2011 Student Academy Award Winners The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Thinh Nguyen Vietnam through Women s Eyes Harvard Magazine September October 1996 accessed March 30 2007 Their Own Vietnam Institute History Sundance Institute accessed May 23 2011 Nancy Kates Susan Fisher Telling their own story Minuteman Lexington MA 1996 Leisa D Meye Their Own Vietnam The Journal of American History Vol 85 No 3 December 1998 Their Own Vietnam LA Weekly November 22 28 1996 Dennis Conkin Local PBS to show documentary on lesbians in Vietnam Bay Area Reporter May 22 1997 p 21 The Case Program Nancy Kates Harvard University John F Kennedy School of Government and Christopher Amar Nancy Kates wins medal in student film competition Concord Journal July 20 1995 Project Team Nancy D Kates Archived 2013 04 26 at the Wayback Machine Regarding Susan Sontag Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Records 1 Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Records 1983 1994 CTC 1994 02 Curtis Theatre Collection Special Collections Department University of Pittsburgh Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nancy 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