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Title:

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.

Subject:

Stein, Gertrude,--1874-1946.
Toklas, Alice B.
Beach, Sylvia.
Monnier, Adrienne.
Barnes, Djuna.
Flanner, Janet,--1892-1978.
Freund, Gisèle.
Women and literature--Paris--Paris--History--20th century.
Women artists--Paris--Paris--History--20th century.
Women intellectuals--Paris--Paris--Biography.
Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Rive gauche (Paris, France)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Women authors, American--Paris--Paris--History--20th century.
Women authors, English--Paris--Paris--History--20th century.
Lesbians--Paris--Paris--Biography.
Lesbian community--Paris--Paris--History.
Documentary films.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Schiller, Greta. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85026103
Berrigan, Frances J. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78009943
Weiss, Andrea. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85386933
Stevenson, Juliet. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94038499
Benstock, Shari, 1944- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79086071
Weiss, Andrea. Paris was a woman.
Jezebel Productions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89104437
Cicada Films. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97028944
Salzgeber Medien (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001014198
Zeitgeist Films. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr98002655

Notes:

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)144599444

UPC:

795975104333

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)