Author: Rachel Yang / Source: Variety
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In this week’s episode, Variety’s executive editor of TV, Debra Birnbaum, chats with and director Susan Lacy ahead of the Sept.
24 release of their HBO documentary “ in Five Acts.”Listen to this week’s podcast for free below and at Apple Podcasts:
Lacy says she had long admired the Academy Award winner, known for films like “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” and “On Golden Pond.” Lacy wanted to make a “portrait” of Fonda after reading her memoir, “My Life So Far,” and split the documentary into five parts to emphasize the influences on the woman who would become both a lauded actress and a controversial anti-war advocate. She said that in many ways, Fonda was defined by the men in her life — her father (film legend Henry Fonda) and her three husbands — until the fifth chapter, titled “Jane,” when she found herself.
“There was the big, huge shadow of Henry over the whole story in many ways, and then three incredibly different husbands for whom Jane became a sort…
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