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A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

"Becoming Jane," an exhibition organized in partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute is on display at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C. through September 7, 2020. Immerse yourself in Jane Goodall's remarkable story, becoming the first person to live among and study wild chimpanzees, humankind's closest living relatives.

On the heels of making her biggest Hollywood movies in years, Jean Seberg becomes involved with two black radicals, one a cousin of Malcolm X who spouted violent, anti-white rhetoric, the other a leader of the Black Panthers. Jean starts offering money and support to these men and their causes, which attracts the attention of the FBI. Meanwhile, Jane leaves Vadim - and Hollywood - to find herself as a political activist, working on behalf of American Indians, the Black Panthers, and Vietnam veterans. Despite all her best efforts, Jane hadn't yet alienated Hollywood - while she was being watched by the FBI, Jane starred in one of the great surveillance thrillers of the 1970s, Klute.