Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Thu, Aug 29
|Doris Duke Theatre
Narrated by Jodie Foster, "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché" is a documentary about the first female filmmaker, Alice Guy-Blaché, which explores the heights of fame and financial success she achieved before she was shut out from the very industry she helped create.
Time & Location
Aug 29, 2019, 6:00 PM
Doris Duke Theatre, 900 S Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96814, USA
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About the event
About the Film: Directed by Pamela B. Green. USA. 2018. 103 min.
Narrated by Jodie Foster, "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché" is a documentary about the first female filmmaker, Alice Guy-Blaché, which explores the heights of fame and financial success she achieved before she was shut out from the very industry she helped create. Guy-Blaché started her career as a secretary to Léon Gaumont and, at 23, was inspired to make her own film called La Fée aux Choux (The Cabbage Fairy), one of the first narrative films ever made. After her filmmaking career at Gaumont (1896-1907), she had a second decade-long career in the U.S., where she built and ran her own studio in Fort Lee, N.J. Over the span of her career, she wrote, produced or directed 1,000 films, including 150 with synchronized sound during the ‘silent’ era. Her work includes comedies, westerns and dramas,…