Jane Fonda looks back on her life in the new trailer for her HBO documentary

Jane Fonda may not know where she's going, but she knows where she's been.

The Academy Award-winning actress gives audiences an intimate look into her life in the first trailer for her HBO documentary, Jane Fonda in Five Acts. Directed by Susan Lacy, the film discusses Fonda's upbringing with her famous father Henry Fonda, her rise to fame, and her political activism.

Fonda opens up in the documentary, revealing her internal struggle to please her father and become whatever he wanted. "I never felt real. I just thought, 'I gotta find who I really am,'" said Fonda.

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Sundance Film Festival was the first to premiere Jane Fonda in Five Acts earlier this year, reports Entertainment Weekly. The film was compiled from more than 20 hours of interview footage with Fonda, along with sit-downs with Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterson, Robert Redford, and more. HBO is set to release the film Sept. 24.

It may have taken Fonda some time to figure out who she was outside of her famous family, but she knows now: "I am what I am." Watch the full trailer below. Amari Pollard