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Paris was a woman / Jezebel Productions & Cicada Films in association with Salzgeber Medien ; written and researched by Andrea Weiss ; produced by Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss, and Frances Berrigan; directed by Greta Schiller.
LIBRA DVD 001 498 disc + pamphlet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Lesbian community.
- History.
- Lesbians.
- Women authors, English.
- Women authors, American.
- Women intellectuals.
- Women artists.
- Women and literature.
- Rive gauche (Paris, France)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Rive gauche (Paris, France).
- Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Paris (France).
- Women and literature--France--Paris--History--20th century.
- Women artists--France--Paris--History--20th century.
- Women intellectuals--France--Paris--Biography.
- Women authors, American--France--Paris--History--20th century.
- Women authors, English--France--Paris--History--20th century.
- Lesbians--France--Paris--Biography.
- Lesbian community--France--Paris--History.
- France--Paris.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in + 1 pamphlet ([4] pages ; 19 cm)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Zeitgeist Films [distributor], [2003]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Through a combination of still photos, archival film footage, and interview commentary, documents the creative community of French, English and American women, many of whom were lesbians, who gravitated to the Left Bank in Paris during the early part of the 20th century.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Juliet Stevenson ; voices: Maureen Ali, Gillian Hanna, Margaret Robertson.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Nurit Aviv ; editor, Greta Schiller ; music, Janette Mason.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- Originally produced as motion picture in 1995.
- Special features: rare home movies of Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Colette, Pablo Picasso, art dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Thornton Wilder and poet Paul Valery; additional interviews illuminating Stein's connections with Hemingway and James Joyce; archival photo gallery of the period; biographies of the filmmakers and selected film subjects.
- OCLC:
- 52789742
- Publisher Number:
- 795975104333
- Z1043 Zeitgeist Video
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