Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache – 100 Years of Community Cinema Festival

Synopsis

Be Natural - The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache (PG, documentary running time 1h43m +, 2018)

A rare chance to see this documentary about the first female filmaker and learn about the history of film.

When Alice Guy-Blaché completed her first film in 1896 Paris, she was not only the first female filmmaker, but one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. In "Be Natural", director Pamela B. Green acts as a detective, revealing the real story of Alice Guy-Blaché and highlighting her pioneering contributions to the birth of cinema and her acclaim as a creative force and entrepreneur in the earliest years of film making.

Narrated by Jodie Foster, the film features commentary from Diablo Cody, Geena Davis, Julie Delpy, Ava DuVernay, Michel Hazanavicius, Patty Jenkins, Ben Kingsley, Andy Samberg, Agnès Varda, Evan Rachel Wood and more.

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Location

Films At Shadforth, Shadforth Village Hall, Durham, DH6 1LL

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