Daughters of de Beauvoir

Synopsis

Looks at the influence of French writer Simone de Beauvoir’s work. Kate Millet, Marge Piercy, Eva Figes, Ann Oakley, Simone’s sister Helene and her adopted daughter Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir talk of de Beauvoir as being a major force in their lives.

Series

Bookmark, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

Year of production

1989

Availability

Sale; 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Subjects

English language and literature; Women’s studies

Keywords

de Beauvoir, Simone; feminism; fiction in French

Credits

Director

Imogen Sutton

Producer

Penny Forster

Production Company

Name

P M Pictures

Sponsor

Name

British Broadcasting Corporation

Address

Broadcasting House
LONDON
W1A 1AA

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.