Paris was a woman / Jezebel Productions & Cicada Films in association with Salzgeber Medien ; produced by Frances Berrigan, Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss ; written by Andrea Weiss ; directed by Greta Schiller.
Publisher:
Zeitgeist Video,
Copyright Date:
2003
Description:
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Narrator: Juliet Stevenson; commentary: Shari Benstock, et al.; voices: Maureen Ali, Gillian Hanna, Margaret Robertson. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995. Special features: 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.
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.