Completed - ENGLISH-UNITED STATES - Documentary, True Story, Art - Culture - 90 minutes
The history of the mother of Cinema
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Green PAMELA Writer(s) : Pamela GREEN, Joan SIMON Cast : Alice GUY BLACHÉ, Jodie FOSTER, Agnès VARDA, Julie DELPHY, Sir Ben KINGSLEY, Geena DAVIS, Floria SIGISMONDI, Martin SCORSESE, Mark ROMANEK, Horatio SANZ Producer(s) : Pamela GREEN (Zeitgeist Films), Jodie FOSTER (Zitgeist Films), Robert REDFORD, Hugh HEFNER
How could Alice Guy Blaché, a contemporary of Edison, the Lumières, and Méliès – who wrote, directed or produced a thousand films, including her first narrative film in 1896 by her own account, 150 films with synchronized sound, and who had a career longer than any of them, in France and in the U.S. – reach the heights of fame and financial success and then be forgotten by an industry she helped create? Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a detective story/bio pic, rewrites film history by revealing for the first time the full story of Alice’s life and 20-year career. Her work includes comedies, westerns, dramas, dealing with child abuse, immigration, planned parenthood, and empowered women. She made the earliest known surviving narrative film with an all black cast.
Country(ies) : USA
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Festival de Cannes 2018 Cannes ClassicsFestival de Cannes 2018 (Golden EYE Nomination)ADC Awards 2018 (Best Documentary)CLIO Awards 2019 (Theatrical: Audio/Visual Technique)CLIO Awards 2019 (Nominated to Grand Clio - Theatrical: Audio/Visual Technique, Motion Graphics)Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 2019 (Best First Documentary Feature)FOCAL International Awards 2020 (Nominee Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature)FOCAL International Awards 2020 (Nominee Best Use of Footage in a History Feature)International Filmmor Women's Film Festival 2020 (Nominee Best Documentary)Vancouver International Women in Film Festival 2020 (Best Documentary)