A little-seen early assessment of cinema’s first female director plus three choice examples of her art.
Live music accompaniment: Maud Nelissen – Piano
In this combined programme
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Alice Guy Blaché – Hommage an die erste Filmemacherin der Welt
One of Raganelli’s earliest investigations into the beginnings of her artform, through Alice Guy-Blaché. -
The Hater of Women
Proud misogynist Bob Burton becomes the butt of the joke in this rowdy comedy short. -
Canned Harmony
A music-loving father wants his daughter to wed a musician in Guy-Blaché’s marriage comedy. -
A House Divided
Tortured by suspicions of the other’s unfaithfulness, a couple separate, though persist in their cohabitation…