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»Season 2007
FRI OCT 12, 2007, 7:30pm

February 26, 2019 by Susan Taunton

Paris Was a Woman

(Greta Schiller and AndreaWeiss, 1995, UK/USA, 75 min)
Modern Languages Auditorium / FREE
Still from Paris Was a Woman

Mesmerizing portrait of the creative community of women writers, artists, photographers and editors who flocked to the Left Bank of Paris in the early decades of the 20th century. Using groundbreaking research, newly discovered home movies, and a wealth of rare archival footage, “Paris” intertwines interview with anecdote to evoke the mood and flavor of this avant-garde artistic community in Paris during its most magical era.

Authors Colette, Djuna Barnes and Gertrude Stein, poets HD and Natalie Clifford Barney, painters Romaine Brooks and Marie Laurencin, editors Bryher, Alice Toklas, Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap, photographers Berenice Abbott and Gisele Freund, booksellers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier, and journalist Janet Flanner all figure in this legendary milieu.

Screened at over 150 international festivals, including London, Vancouver, Sao Paolo, Jerusalem, Seattle and Melbourne. Theatrically released in Germany, Holland, USA, Spain, New Zealand, France and the UK.

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