Be Natural - the Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
- Amanda Mason
- 2 days ago
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PLUS LIVE Q&A on Thursday 6th November at 5.30pm
ActOne Cinema in collaboration with Acton Film Club presents this special event as part of Cinema for All's celebration of independant cinema
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a hugely important pioneer of early cinema, the first woman to direct a feature film, author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books... Ignored and forgotten. She was a figure admired by Sergei Eisenstein and Alfred Hitchcock, a prolific director, screenwriter, producer and pioneering studio chief who helped invent modern movie-making. The notice ‘Be Natural’ on the wall of her studio in New Jersey was a testament to her belief that, however stylised and generic, acting and films in general should not be over-the-top, but rooted in reality.Narrated by its producer Jodie Foster, the film investigates the full scope of the life and work of cinema's first female director, whose story reflects the similarly overlooked history of early cinema's female artists.Pamela Hutchinson is an author, critic, curator and film historian.She is a columnist at Sight & Sound, and the founder-editor of silent cinema website Silent London. Her areas of interest and research include silent and classic cinema, women’s film history, feminist film history, Hollywood and stardom.
Tickets are just £3.00 for this fascinating event
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