American Masters

Season 20 Episode 9: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

38 Seasons Jan 03, 2007 TV-14 1h 19m 8.2

This film traces the artistic self-realization of Annie Leibovitz, from childhood through the death of her beloved friend, Susan Sontag, and includes snippets of Leibovitz's last visual memories of Sontag. The film traces the arc of her photographic life, her aspirations to artistry, and the trajectory of her career through phases that included the tumultuous sixties in Berkeley, CA., touring with the Rolling Stones, a mentorship by Hunter S. Thompson, and, later, capturing the last cand...

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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary, Music, History, Biography