Independent film director, writer and editor MARK RAPPAPORT. His newest film is "From the Journals of Jean Seberg," about the actress Jean Seberg. The movie is a "fictitious autobiography" and places Seberg's life and work in a political context of the 1960s. Seberg's life ended in a tragic suicide. She grew up in Iowa, was best known for her role in Jean Luc Godard's "Breathless," and Otto Preminger's "Saint Joan." In the 60s she got involved with the Black Panthers. The film stars Mary Beth Hurt as Seberg, and also uses footage and photos of Seberg
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