Nancy Kates

Nancy Kates is an independent filmmaker based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently in production on Regarding Susan Sontag, a feature documentary about the late essayist, novelist, director and activist. National Endowment for the Humanities (accessed May 17, 2011) National Endowment for the Arts (accessed May 17, 2011) The Arty Semite (accessed May 17, 2011) and The Foundation for Jewish Culture (accessed May 17, 2011) Sundance Institute Documentary (accessed May 17, 2011)

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.Rona Marech, , San Francisco Chronicle, January 16, 2003 (accessed May 16, 2011), and Michael Fox, S.F. Jewish Bulletin (accessed March 30, 2007) The film premiered on the PBS series POV PBS...
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