Learning on ScreenParis was a Woman
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. b&w/col. 77 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1995
- Availability
- Hire; 2000 hire: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Documentation
- Documentary challenging the myth of the individual ‘great male artist’ and his image of Paris by looking at the vibrant international community of women artists, writers, photographers, designers and adventurers who lived and working in Paris in the 1920s. Uses old home movies, still photographs, paintings and writings, and mixes anecdotes with interview. Features among others authors Djuna Barnes, Colette and Gertrude Stein; publishers Nancy Monnier and Sylvia Beach; photographers Giselle Freund and Berenice Abbott; poets H D and Natalie Barney; painters Marie Laurencin and Romaine Brooks; and journalist Janet Flanner. Interviewees include Berthe, Shari Benstock, Dr Catherine Stimpson, Giselle Freund and Sam Steward.
- Subjects
- Art; History
- Keywords
- Paris; social history; women artists; women writers
Credits
- Director
- Greta Schiller
- Producer
- Andrea Weiss; Frances Berrigan; Greta Schiller
- Writer
- Andrea Weiss
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
- Type
- VHS
Production Company
- Name
Cicada Films
Distributor
- Name
BFI Film Bookings Unit
- bookings.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/help-faq/film-bookings External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8938 / 8935
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Peccadillo Pictures
- info@peccapics.com
- Web
- http://www.peccapics.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7012 1770
- Fax
- 020 7012 1771
- Address
- Hoxton Works 3.4
128 Hoxton Street
London
N1 6SH
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