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Paris is the birthplace of Cinema culture and one of the most filmed cities in the world. On this episode of Lost in Frenchlation we talk about the history of films shot in Paris and the directors who love to shoot the city of light. Juliette Dubois​​ is a cinema historian who gives intricate guided tours of Paris based on the films that have been set there. Her company is Ciné-Balade, and has been operating since 2011. She recently came out with her first cinema guide book "Paris ciné-balades: 15 parcours fléchés pour les amoureux du 7e art" or "Paris cinema walks: 15 signposted routes for lovers of the 7th art"  Juliette talks with ARBL Murray and Manon Kerjean about the history of French cinema, the history of film shot in Paris, and the different cinematic movements in Paris throughout the last century-and-a-half. Juliette also gives us a comprehensive "must-see" list of Parisian cinema in the episode.  To Book a Tour with Juliette Dubois​​ for to Ciné-Balade.com Notes from this Episode: Must Know Directors Alice Guy, the prolific and under known first female director. (Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache/ A documentary by Jodie Foster) Agnes Varda made films in the 50's, 60's, and 70's she was part of but still distinct from the New Wave movement. Must-See Agnes Varda Films: Faces Places, Cleo from 5-7  François Truffaut Part of the French New Wave. Made his most well-known film about his boyhood in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Must-See Films: 400 Blows with actor Antoine Doinel.  Cédric Klapisch Contemporary. A man who loves to film Paris.  Must-See Films: Encore Paris Films Featuring the METRO Le Samouraï: 1967 Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, with actor    Alain Delon Fear Over the City (French: Peur sur la ville) 1975 Directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo DIVA: 1981 Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix Subway: 1985 Directed by Luc Besson and starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert.  Pickpocket: 1959 Directed by Robert Bresson. It stars Martin LaSalle, Les Passagers de la nuit: 2021 Directed by Mikhaël Hers.   

Chris Watson previews Be Natural_The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, screening at the Pastorius Waller Theatre at the Suter on Tuesday August 02 at 6pm.

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché is Pamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché. It is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation.Some interesting facts about Be NaturalThis documentary film premiered in 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival.It was co-written and directed by Pamela B. Green.It was narrated by filmmaker and actress Jodie Foster.Some things that surprised Livia & Zainab about Be NaturalLivia: The idea that someone's life, legacy and work can be completely forgotten by her peers and students. And even though Alice struggled at the end of her life to re-write her own story, she was still relatively ignored. Zainab:  The revelation that Alice was the first filmmaker in the world and that also happens to be a woman, in addition to the breath of her legacy and contributions to the film industry.Follow along as Livia & Zainab review Be Natural and discuss how social constructs influence our sense of self and identity. They also rate the film by critically reviewing four key elements of filmmaking: Storytelling, Cinematography, Character Development and Overall Message. Music CreditTheme Song: The Way by  KAR33MMusic: Purple Planet Music 

Plato's description of the Cave is kind of like a cinema: an audience watching shadows on a screen, projected by a fire behind them. Have you ever felt like your life is a film? Have you noticed how many films have incorporated a Plato's Cave theme - The Matrix, Inception and The Truman Show, just to name a few? How can we learn from film, especially in this time when we are watching so many series and films? Our guide for this cinematic journey through the Cave is Masha Bronnikova.   About Masha Bronnikova (aka Mab'by) Masha initiates and joins inter-disciplinary projects around The Netherlands. She is a poet and performer, she is a cultural producer and a connector. Masha works with platforms such as OT301 Studios, DNK-Amsterdam, Stingerbol and The Bookstore Foundation.  Check out Masha's Soundcloud for her poetry, readings, and other sounds: https://soundcloud.com/user-949529117 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoundMatterPlatform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashabronn22/   To avoid any spoilers, please watch all of these films prior to listening to the episode: Stalker (1979), Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018), Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895), The Fairy of the Cabbages (1896), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010), Nostalghia (1983), The Sacrifice (1986), Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (2019), The Violent Heart (2020), Waking Life (2001), WandaVision (2021), Star Wars (1977), Frozen (2013), Soul (2020), The Matrix (1999), Blade Runner (1982), Interstellar (2014), I, Robot (2004), Dark City (1998), The Maze Runner (2014), The Hunger Games (2012), Inception (2010), The Truman Show (1998), To All The Boys: Always and Forever (2021), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), The Bone Collector (1999), Escape From New York (1981), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Slumdog Millionaire (2008),  The Irony of Faith (1976), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971),  Independence Day (1996),  The Birds (1963), King Kong (2005), The Avengers (2012), and last but not least, Orlando (1992).   These are some of the scenes we mention: Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (The Lumière Brothers, 1986): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RYNThid23g Candle Scene from André Tarkovski's Nostalghia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Dp6EdFRHo Holy Moment scene in Waking Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmL9rt3Onj4   Welcome To The Desert of the Real, Zizek: https://anarcosurrealisti.noblogs.org/files/2010/10/Welcome-to-the-desert-of-the-real.pdf Exhibition about Orlando: https://www.plaatsmaken.nl/nl/tentoonstelling/the-weight-of-spring    I hope you enjoy our discussion! Mario http://lifefromplatoscave.com/    Here's how to contact me if you have any questions or comments: Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifeplatoscave  Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lifefromplatoscave/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifefromplatoscave  Illustration © by Julien Penning, Light One Art: https://www.instagram.com/light_one_art/ 

Time for a decade in review show! Thought it would be about time to check in on the developments and trends over the course of the first 10 years of the 20th century! A bit of a looser, hangout episode with a juicy Top 10 at the end that you can spoil if you scroll down! We also talk about two movies about this era of film! Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) and Hugo (2011). See you in 1910! You can check out our socials and our youtube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1yAnd you can check out our Top 10s of the decade playlists here for Glen and here for Cris --- General takeaways from our journey so far ---How early color and sound have appearedGoing on a film pilgrimage would be lovelyThe complexity and technique evolved very quickly over this decadeThe changes in favored genres and how Méliès couldn’t keep upWe have talked about over 300 films so far on the podcast!What Glen’s taken away as a filmmakerFrance is early cinema’s MVPWhat we’re looking forward to in the next decadePublic domain, the need for preservation, and the dearth of high quality material --- Contemporary movies about this era of film ---38:30 Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)46:40 Hugo (2011)The Extraordinary Voyage --- Our Top 10s of the decade ---Cris’ Top 101 A Trip to the Moon2 Legend of a Ghost3 On the Barricade4 The Great Train Robbery5 Kingdom of the Fairies6 Spring7 A Voyage to Jupiter8 The Teddy Bears9 The Hen that Laid the Golden Eggs10 Life and Passion of Jesus Christ Glen’s Top 101 A Trip to the Moon2 Kingdom of the Fairies3 Legend of a Ghost4 The Magic Sword5 History of a Crime6 The Great Train Robbery7 The Spring Fairy8 The Drunken Mattress and The Race for the Sausage9 On The Barricade10 Mary Jane’s Mishap See you next year!

In which Amie, Adrienne, and Heather discuss the origins of women-directed horror and the problems with gatekeeping and the patriarchy within the film industry in general, and in particular, the horror genre. Related links: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché: https://benaturalthemovie.com/ Faust et Méphistophélès (1903), directed by Alice Guy-Blaché: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKzXXdM9U8E Lois Weber: https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-lois-weber/ Suspense (1913), directed by Lois Weber: https://youtu.be/4no2UkPpPkA Alexandra Heller-Nicholas: https://www.thebluelenses.com/ Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies: http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/

At the top, Rita shares an intimate moment with her mother. Then Amanda introduces Alice Guy-Blaché, credited as the first female filmmaker and perhaps the first person ever to create a narrative film.  Support us on Patreon and follow us on social media! https://linktr.ee/idkher_podcast Sources for this episode: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché Women Film Pioneers Project bio by Alison McMahan“Overlooked No More: Alice Guy Blaché, the World’s First Female Filmmaker” by Manohla Dargis Mental Floss “Alice Guy-Blaché, Forgotten Film Pioneer” by Valerie DebenedetteAliceGuyBlaché.com LA Review of Books “The Astonishing and Multiple Achievements of Alice Guy-Blaché” by Sarah Gleeson-White Herself 360 “Women Pioneer Series-Alice Guy-Blaché” by Lyvia Feraco University of Nebraska-Lincoln “Frame by Frame: Alice Guy-Blaché” GammaRay “Alice Guy Blaché - The Greatest Filmmaker You Don’t Know”

Here's my interview with Pamela B. Green, the director of the must see documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché. Green discusses the challenges it took to make the documentary (she devoted nearly 10 years of her life to the project). The documentary is available for rental on Amazon Prime Video and various other platforms. For more information on the film, go to benaturalthemovie.com. Check out more of my interviews on Deepest Dream and my Blu-ray giveways & movie reviews are housed on CinemAddicts.   

We talk about two pioneering women: the first female filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché and the writer, broadcaster, collector, costume designer, dress historian and curator Doris Langley Moore. See links below. Pamela B. Green (director), Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3146022/ Marquise Lepage (director), Le Jardin oublié: La vie et l’oeuvre d’Alice Guy Blaché (1996): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113692/ and https://youtu.be/zli0mysaUeU René Boca, ‘Nouvelles Brèves de la Cité: Alice Guy-Blaché, la 1re femme metteur en scene’, La Cité (Paris 1954): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9783739x/f25.image Men, Women and Clothes (1957): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375606/ and https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gp19b (sadly currently not available on this platform) Men, Women and Clothes (1957) on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6NA_opCjczE - How Fashions Come and Go https://youtu.be/_n-BgDm55Uk – Sense and Nonsense in Fashion https://youtu.be/qbG33X2j1L0 - Fashions in Faces and Figures https://youtu.be/UGBsmyfSAjw - Formal Clothes https://youtu.be/Hz-BXo7OjKY - Informal Clothes https://youtu.be/j_ti9kDpzjo - Facing the Elements Doris Langley Moore, ‘The Beginning of the Collection’, Costume, no. 4, supplement 1 (April 1970): https://doi.org/10.1179/cos.1970.4.Supplement-1.2 Penelope Byrde, ‘Doris Langley Moore, 1902-1989’, Costume no. 24 (1990): https://doi.org/10.1179/cos.1990.24.1.149 Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899) John Huston (director), Doris Langley Moore (costume design), The African Queen (1951): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043265/ Roger White, ‘Stella Mary Newton’, The Guardian (26 May 2001): https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/may/26/guardianobituaries.books

Spiritualism! Piracy! Towering infernos! War! X-Rays! And the film explosion around the world! Must be 1897, where we had a LOT of movies to talk about. We have a Youtube channel, where you can find playlists containing all the movies we talk about, plus a twitter and facebook which you can find at linktr.ee/1w1y Playlist of the films discussed --- A catastrophic disaster, and more importantly, my projectionist nightmare ---The 1897 Charity Bazaar FireBonfire of Destiny trailer (2019) --- Georges Méliès, whomst everyone desperately desires to imitate ---The Haunted CastleThe Last Cartridges(The Painting, Les Dernières Cartouches)Surrender of TournavosBetween Calais and DoverSea Combat in GreeceOn the RoofsThe Bewitched Inn --- Voyeuristic Tendencies ---After the BallPillow Fight / Seminary GirlsThrough the Keyhole, (actually from 1901)  --- George Albert Smith, Britain’s answer to Méliès ---The X Ray FiendOld Man Drinking a Glass of BeerMiller and the Sweep --- Alice Guy-Blaché’s earliest surviving films ---"Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché" (2019)At the Hypnotist’sOn the RoofsBathing in a StreamThe Fisherman at the Stream --- The Lumières and Promio filming around the world ---Une rue à TokyoLaveuses sur la rivièrePolicemens' Parade --- A new genre: The Phantom Ride ---Leaving Jerusalem by RailwayHaverstraw TunnelPanorama du casino pris d’uh bateau --- The Lumières attempt to Do A Méliès ---Faust - Apparition de MéphistophélèsThe Merry Skeleton --- Feature length AND widescreen!? The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight ---The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight High QualityThe Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight Cryptid Edition

Alice Guy-Blaché is not a household name, but she is considered the first female director in cinema! We review the first rate and insightful 2018 documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché which was directed by Pamela B. Green. Bruce Purkey and Eric Holmes also discuss several films from Guy-Blaché that inspire them. For more info on the documentary, please go to benaturalthemovie.com. This doc and learning about Guy-Blaché inspiring and oftentimes heartbreaking journey is well worth your time. Check out Bruce Purkey's movie reviews on Rustomire. Greg Srisavasdi's YouTube interviews are on Deepest Dream and movie reviews are on CinemAddicts.   

Welcome to episode 35 of the FILM & PODCAST. On this very special episode, Rich interviews filmmaker and creative director Pamela B. Green about her incredible documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché - available on Amazon Prime and DVD in the UK - Pamela's film (8 years in the making) explores the life and career of the first female film director. Pamela discusses her approach and her own personal journey while working on the project. You can join the action and conversation over at the FILM & FACEBOOK GROUP Like our FILM & FACEBOOK PAGE and Follow us on Twitter @filmandpodcast and Instagram @filmandpodcast Go 'Old School': filmandpodcast@outlook.com

YiFeng & Lily chats about Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) by Pamela B. Green https://benaturalthemovie.com/;Recorded on September 13th, 2019

Happy New Year!! Welcome to a brand new season of Modern Films podcast, where each episode features emerging and established filmmakers and sharing their insights and expertises. To celebrate the UK and Ireland release of Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, I’m here with Pamela Green, the director of Be Natural to talk about the story behind it. Be Natural is in cinemas from 17 January, you can pre-order the DVD now, for more information please visit our website on moderfilms.com/benatural Instagram/twitter: @modernfilmsent Facebook: Modern Films

Pamela B. Green has creative directed, produced, and directed feature film main titles, motion graphics, and award packages. She did the titles for a recent indie film I really loved called Blindspotting, as well as Crown Heights and Fences but if you look at her imdb page you will be scrolling for a while. Her most recent project, a documentary called Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché is her feature directorial debut. Alice Guy-Blaché is missing from most film histories and continues to be a little-known name outside academic circles. From her directing debut in 1896 at Parisian-based Gaumont studio and her role as head of production there, to the opening of her own studio and subsequent career in the US, Guy-Blaché worked as a director, producer or writer on more than 1000 films. A visionary who mastered technique, pushed the boundaries of genres and wrote progressive narratives, her influence is such that she cannot be overlooked. Be Natural is a captivating, must-see profile of the mother of cinema. This episode actually follows on quite nicely from last week’s interview with Elise McCave the Director of Narrative Film at Kickstarter, because the journey of Pamela’s film coming into the world more or less began with Kickstarter as well.  We talk about why her grandmother was her mentor, how she learnt how to be a filmmaker on the job, Hugh Heffner’s role in the film and pushing through days when she didn’t feel like it was going to be completed. I think this is a really honest and insightful interview, so thank you to Pamela for being open and to TIFF for making it happen.

Twilight Time resurrects an Elvis favorite, Cohen delivers an Oscar-winning French classic and another Keaton twofer, plus a new Criterion Ozu and our exclusive in-studio interview with Pamela Green, director of the history-altering “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché.” DigiGods Podcast, 08/27/19 (MP3) — 41.93 MB right click to save Subscribe to the DigiGods Podcast In this episode, the Gods discuss: All Out!! - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) Anti-Nowhere League - We Are The League (DVD) Attack on Titan: Season Three (Blu-ray) Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache (DVD) The Beatles: Made on Merseyside (DVD) Buster Keaton Collection Volume 3: Seven Chances / Battling Butler (Blu-ray) Butley - Kino Classics (The American Film Theatre) (Blu-ray) Conflict Of Wings aka Fuss Over Feathers (DVD) Damn Yankees (DVD-R) Damned Summer (DVD) Day of the Outlaw (Blu-ray) Devils' Line (Blu-ray) Doublecross (DVD) The Erlprince (Blu-ray) The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (Blu-ray) FREE! - Dive to the Future (Blu-ray) Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Blu-ray) Hanebado! - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) Hinamatsuri - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) The Holy Terrors in Child's Play (DVD) Homeland: The Complete Seventh Season (DVD) The Hustle (Blu-ray) I Am Patrick Swayze (DVD) In Celebration - Kino Classics (The American Film Theatre) (Blu-ray) Island - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) Killers Anonymous (Blu-ray) Knife+Heart (DVD) The Koker Trilogy (Where Is the Friend's House? / And Life Goes On / Through the Olive Trees) (Blu-ray) The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Blu-ray) NCIS: Los Angeles: The Tenth Season (DVD) NOVA: The Planets (Blu-ray) Orphen (Blu-ray) The Pajama Game (DVD-R) Pixelia (DVD) The President's Lady (Blu-ray) RErideD - Derrida Who Leaps Through Time - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) The Roadhouse Murder (DVD-R) Rocketman (4k UHD Blu-ray) Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter (Blu-ray) Sakura Wars TV (Blu-ray) Shark Bait - 7 FIN-tastic Films (DVD) Straight Forward (DVD) Waiting in the Summer (Blu-ray) The Whirlpool (DVD) Wild in the Country (Blu-ray) Please also visit CineGods.com. 

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, The Fly (1986) and Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (1979/2019) were discussed. With Paul Anthony Nelson, Emma Westwood and Sally Christie.

This week, Eric, Anya, Andrew, and Josh chat about: weddings, geek vs nerd classifications, Blu Ray lifespan, Tilda Swinton's family, Eddie Furlong, The Crow sequels, and more! Plus, they discuss the movies screening from Friday July 19th - Thursday July 25th, 2019: The Tomorrow Man, Booksmart, The Souvenir, Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blanche, Pet Semetary, Under the Silver Lake, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

Pamela B. Green directed and produced Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a documentary about the first female filmmaker. For her day job, Green produces movie trailers and other marketing materials for films.Be Natural appeared at festivals including Cannes, BFI, NYFF, and made its U.S. theatrical debut in April 2019.For more info on Rough Cut visit https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Jennie Butler on Instagram @jen_butSky Dylan-Robbins on Instagram @skydylanrobbinsRough Cut on Instagram @roughcutpodcast

We talk to Pamela Green, writer and director of the documentary "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché." It's about an extraordinary woman whose name and work were, until recently, all but forgotten in the history of film.

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We're back! Season 2 of the TDL podcast has officially begun…Pamela B. Green has made her first documentary feature, https://benaturalthemovie.com/ (Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blache). And it is about one of the true pioneers of cinema, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Guy-Blach%C3%A9 (Alice Guy Blache). You've probably not heard of her. You're not alone. Even film scholars and most of Hollywood's finest have no idea who she was. And Pamela is set on rectifying that situation.   Topics Discussedthe need for true resilience for a doc filmmaker to stay with their passion projects how Alice Guy Blache was one of the original filmmakers who embraced the idea of entrepreneurship how her successful $200k Kickstarter campaign helped her build an audience for her film her approach to using the detective work behind her search for Alice Guy Blache was used as a significant part of the story   TrailerBe Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blache https://vimeo.com/70380930   Chris in Cambodia Story SeriesIt's great to be back, #Doclifer! And I'm eager to share some of my stories and lessons from my most recent trip filming in Cambodia on our current documentary, http://www.elvisofcambodia.com (Elvis of Cambodia). First lesson up? Pack. Lightly.   #Doclifer StoriesWhere we share our listeners #doclives and filmmaking stories. This week, https://thedocumentarylife.com/blog/doclifer-stories-thomas-bertram/ (Thomas Bertram), who started his production company RainWater Media six years ago and is currently over in the country of Thailand filming on his latest documentary.   The #Doclifer Elite MastermindOn Tuesday, May 7th, 2019, we will be bringing together the new members of the #Doclifer Elite Mastermind, a collective of documentary filmmakers moving their documentary films and their documentary lives forward with purpose. We would love for YOU to be one of those members. http://www.thedocumentarylife.com/mastermind (Complete the application today) and let's get to work on making your best doc film!   Sponsors & Thank YousThank you to music licensing platform, https://musicvine.com/ (Music Vine) for contributing the wonderful music that we've used in this week's episode. We've used many music licensing platforms over the years for commercials, corporate videos, and documentaries and these guys are different. Their music catalogue that is truly fresh, diverse, full of character, their search engine is as straight forward and user friendly and their licensing fees? Unlike anywhere else we have come across. If you need any music for your doc project, we can honestly recommend https://musicvine.com/ (Music Vine).   Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!    

One afternoon in Paris in 1895, a young secretary at the Gaumont Film Company attended a private screening put on by the Lumière brothers to demonstrate the Cinématographe, a camera and projector that paved the way for motion pictures.The audience was delighted by moving images of trains, oceans and people bustling about on busy Parisian streets.Related: Four women from history who changed the worldBut, that young secretary — Alice Guy-Blaché — thought more could be done with this new invention. She loved theater and knew her way around a camera, so she started experimenting.Pamela Green is the director of a new film about Guy-Blaché called “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache.” She says Guy-Blaché changed the course of cinema.“She came up with content just to show what you can do with the technology. But she weaved in storytelling, which was very fresh and new at the time and set up certain grammar points that we use today in cinema. That hasn't changed. It's just evolved.”Pamela Green, director of  “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache”“She came up with content just to show what you can do with the technology. But she weaved in storytelling, which was very fresh and new at the time and set up certain grammar points that we use today in cinema. That hasn't changed. It's just evolved,” said Green, who is based in Los Angeles. The film chronicles Guy-Blaché’s life as probably the first female filmmaker and one of the first to write, direct and produce a narrative film. Jodie Foster, a fluent French speaker, narrates "Be Natural," which also features numerous interviews with Hollywood notables like Ava DuVernay and Geena Davis.Guy-Blaché was born in Paris after her parents moved there from Chile in the mid-1800s. After her father died, Guy-Blaché applied for a job at the Gaumont film studio. She needed to work to support herself and her mother. She had no idea at the time how important that job would be or how her humble roots would connect with audiences.“And I think that's what's really special about her is being able to create relatability and have universal stories that still stand the test of time,” Green said.Guy-Blaché went on to direct thousands of films over a 20-year career. Her first was the popular movie “The Cabbage Fairy.”The short film (it's under a minute) features a young woman pulling babies from a fantasy cabbage patch. It “references a folk tale regarding the origin of babies, not unlike the delivery stork, and predating Cabbage Patch dolls by about 80 years,” a YouTube page featuring the movie says.Guy-Blaché pioneered film techniques like the close-up and hand-tinted color, and she used synchronized sound with a device called a Chronophone, which was invented by Léon Gaumont in 1902.But Green says it’s not just her technical achievements that made her career extraordinary. The profound subject matter she tackled in some of her later works still resonates today. Guy-Blaché made films about religion, feminism and anti-semitism and was one of the first directors to employ an all African American cast.“She really took social issues to the limit. And I think she got away with it because she did it through this medium that nobody took seriously, so she could express herself that way.” Pamela Green, director of  “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache”“And she really took social issues to the limit. And I think she got away with it because she did it through this medium that nobody took seriously, so she could express herself that way,” Green said. Portrait of filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché in 1912.  Credit: Courtesy of Be Natural Productions Guy-Blaché wrote and directed “The Making of an American Citizen,” which dates to 1912. It portrays an immigrant couple moving from Eastern Europe to the United States and a husband who had to “deal with his Old World patriarchal values,” Green said, quoting Guy-Blaché. Remember, this was a film shown before women even had the right to vote. Guy-Blaché also directed a film about Margaret Sanger, the founder of the organization that eventually evolved into Planned Parenthood.Pamela Smoluchowski is the director of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, which recently featured Be Natural. She says Guy-Blaché’s films were radical.“They're so full of courage, but they're also so full of humor. And so, she can tackle these topics that nobody else is really talking about in any kind of depth at the time — and we hardly ever do at this point — with such, kind of, luminosity,” said Smoluchowski at a screening of the film. Film still of Doris Kenyon in "The Ocean Waif" (1916), directed by Alice Guy-Blaché. Credit: Courtesy of Kenyon Sills Before “Be Natural,” Guy-Blaché had been largely forgotten. Many of the Hollywood personalities interviewed in Green’s documentary admitted they had never heard of her. She made hundreds of films throughout her 20-year career, but a lot of them were lost and some were even wrongly credited to male filmmakers. So, when Green set out to make this documentary, she wanted to set the record straight and to advance Guy-Blaché’s story.“I wanted to find new material because I felt that that would validate some of the points that were missing about her — as a person, and her as an artist, and a filmmaker, as a whole as a creator,” said Green.To do so, Green says, she became a detective. For starters, she used Guy-Blaché’s address book, housed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, to track down the relatives of people listed. Green also talked with curators at several museums — one of whom had a recording of a conversation with Guy-Blaché’s daughter. The film shows Green breathlessly trying to get tapes of that conversation turned into digital files.She says that over the years, male film critics largely left Guy-Blaché out of the history books. She wanted to change that. It took her a decade to make the documentary, but she kept on going. Now, "Be Natural" continues to make the rounds at film festivals across the US and in Canada and Portugal. (See a schedule here.) 

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, is a documentary about the first female filmmaker, Alice Guy-Blaché, which explores the heights of fame and financial success she achieved before she was shut out from the very industry she helped create. Over the span of her career, she wrote, produced or directed 1,000 films, including 150 with synchronized sound during the ‘silent’ era. Her work includes comedies, westerns and dramas, as well as films with groundbreaking subject matter such as child abuse, immigration, Planned Parenthood, and female empowerment. She also etched a place in history by making the earliest known surviving narrative film with an all-African American cast. Pamela B. Green has dedicated more than eight years of research in order to discover the real story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873-1968) – not only highlighting her pioneering contributions to the birth of cinema but also her acclaim as a creative force and entrepreneur in the earliest years of movie-making. Green discovered rare footage of televised interviews and long archived audio interviews which can be heard for the first time in Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, which affords Alice Guy-Blaché to tell her own story. Director Pamela B. Green joins us for a conversation on the winding journey of discovery and the exhilaration that comes from showcasing a visionary artist, producer, studio head, entrepreneur, feminist, and groundbreaking filmmaker.  For news and updates go to: Benaturalthemovie.com Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché is distributed by Zeitgeist Films For more about the filmmaker go to: pamelabgreen.com Social Media: facebook.com/BeNaturalMovie twitter.com/BeNaturalMovie instagram.com/benaturalthemovie

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On this special episode of The Projection Booth Mike talks with filmmaker Pamela B. Green about her documentary film Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a look at an under-discussed pioneering female filmmaker.

On this special episode of The Projection Booth Mike talks with filmmaker Pamela B. Green about her documentary film Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a look at an under-discussed pioneering female filmmaker.

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Pamela B. Green, director of Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché • Dennis Doros and Amy Heller of Milestone Films on Strange Victory and I Am Cuba (75:56)

New York native Pamela Green is a Director/Producer in the film and entertainment industry. Her abilities range from creative direction, to producing music videos, to creating main titles for feature films, including The Kingdom, Furious 6, 42, and The Muppets. To say she is multi-faceted is an understatement. On top of being the co-founder of PIC, an entertainment and motion design studio based in LA, she is also fluent in 4 languages. Currently, she is working on Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a documentary that tells the story of the first female film director and how she was a critical influence on the film industry. You can find out more about Be Natural, and donate to the film here: http://benaturalthemovie.com/ And be sure to take a peek at PIC's work here: http://picagency.com/