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Susan Lacy's HBO documentary on Jane Fonda opens with a White House recording from 1971 in which then-President Nixon disparages the actress-turned-activist. "What in the world is the matter with Jane Fonda?" Nixon asks. "I feel so sorry for Henry Fonda." The excerpt suggests how much the Hollywood star, who had…

Susan Lacy's latest documentary, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, debuts on HBO in exactly a month. But that's not the only major event coming up for the director in September. There's also a little something called the Emmy Awards, where Lacy is in the running for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for her HBO…

“Why did I marry guys that were controlling? They were also brilliant and they could teach me things, and take me farther than I had ever gone,” Jane Fonda said, when asked, about her choice of husbands and her comments about them in the latest documentary about her: HBO’s Jane Fonda In Five Acts. “And for me, they…

Director Susan Lacy already boasts a shelf full of Emmy statuettes, collected over a career in documentary that extends several decades. She could add to that Emmy hardware this year for her acclaimed film on one of the single greatest talents in motion picture history, Steven Spielberg. Lacy's HBO documentary Spielber…

“The Time’s Up campaign that was launched January 1 changes a lot of the landscape for women in the entertainment business,” said Jane Fonda at the Sundance Film Festival this week of the movements that have emerged in recent months to fight sexual harassment, sexual assault and gender inequity in Hollywood. “For me…

Documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts, which is set for its world premiere at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, will air later this year on HBO. Directed and produced by award-winning documentarian Susan Lacy, Jane Fonda in Five Acts is described as an intimate look at Fonda’s singular journey. It draws on 21 hours…