Overview
Girl next door, activist, so-called traitor, fitness tycoon, Oscar winner: Jane Fonda has lived a life of controversy, tragedy and transformation – and she’s done it all in the public eye. An intimate look at one woman’s singular journey.
Director and cast
- Jane Fonda as Self - (archive footage)
- Tom Hayden as Self - (archive footage)
- Robert Redford as Self - (archive footage)
- Lily Tomlin as Self - (archive footage)
- Ted Turner as Self - (archive footage)
- Paula Weinstein as Self - (archive footage)
- Troy Garity as Self - (archive footage)
- Sam Waterston as Self - (archive footage)
- Mary Luana Williams as Self - (archive footage)
- Malcolm Vadim as Self - (archive footage)
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