Jean Seberg: Actress Activist Icon is the first documentary film to focus on the private side of the Marshalltown, Iowa native. Selected from among 18,000 applicants at age 17, Jean Seberg, of Marshalltown, Iowa, made her acting debut in Otto Preminger’s 1957 Saint Joan and starred in Hollywood films Lilith, Paint Your Wagon, and Airport. She is best remembered for her performance in Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave film Breathless. Seberg’s offscreen civil rights activism made her a target of the F.B.I.’s  COINTELPRO. Their plan to “neutralize” Seberg initiated a downward spiral leading to her mysterious and untimely death in Paris. Jean Seberg: Actress Activist Icon features exclusive on-camera interviews with Jean’s family, including her sister Mary Ann Seberg and former husband François Moreuil (Playtime/Love Play); friends and film colleagues, including Mylène Demongeot  (Bonjour Tristesse) and director  Nicolas Gessner (Diamonds are Brittle); film historians and civil rights scholars, including former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown; as well as never-before-seen private photographs, home movie footage, and rare movie and behind-the-scenes film clips.