EVENT DESCRIPTION
Screening of Be Natural - The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a documentary about the first female filmmaker in cinema history, directed by Pamela B. Green
After screening
- Option 1 - film, followed by drinks & mingling in the bar until 22:30
- Option 2 - film, followed by the workshop Archive Your Life at 21:30 (limited number of tickets)
ABOUT THE FILM
When Alice Guy-Blaché completed her first film in 1896 Paris, she was not only the first female filmmaker, but one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. In Be Natural, Pamela B. Green acts as a detective, revealing the real story of Guy-Blaché and highlighting her pioneering contributions to the birth of cinema and her acclaim as a creative force and entrepreneur in the earliest years of movie-making.
Info: feature documentary, 1h43, 2018, English/French, PG
WORKSHOP
Archive Your Life is a dive into the process of physical and digital archives. Join Molly and Cassia from Doubletake Theatre to look at using archives to inspire creative responses, and discuss the importance of archives, physical versus digital, along with some general archival theory.
EVENT BREAKDOWN
Doors open: 19:00
Screening starts: 19:30
Screening ends: 21:15
Workshop: 21:30
Bar closes: 22:00
Doors close at 22:30
ACCESSIBILITY
Service Animals Welcome
Hearing Loop
Step Free Access
Wheelchairs Accessible
Seating: Cafe chair - seat height: 46 cm, seat width: 39 cm, no armrest, tested for 110 kg
Event chair - seat height: 48 cm, seat width: 44 cm, no armrest, tested for 160kg
Gender-neutral toilet
Baby changing bench
Indoor cycle parking
If you have any accessible needs, email us at charlie.corubolo@vaginamuseum.co.uk
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FILM CLUB COLLECTIVE RAGE
collective rage is a monthly film club, by and for marginalised people, taking place at the Vagina Museum. collective rage aims to screen films from under-represented filmmakers and give the collective agency. Watching films is never a passive experience. collective rage film club is a form of cinema therapy, offering a safe space for personal expression and healing. Through workshops and activities led by artists, filmmakers, and social advocates, attendees are invited to engage, connect, and find solace in the power of storytelling.
Genesis
collective rage emerged from our own rage towards the current state of society and cinema. collective rage is thought of as a shape-shifter cinema experience, like the divinity Nǎga, a fluid creature oscillating between snake and human forms. Rage is powerful. Rage is beautiful. Together, let’s slough our rage into a joyful, positive embodiment.
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Free ticket: for every screening, we reserve free spaces for people on a low income/unwaged. If you can’t afford a ticket, email us at charlie.corubolo@vaginamuseum.co.uk