DOROTHY ARZNER: PIONEER, QUEER, FEMINIST

Dorothy Arzner: Pioneer, Queer, Feminist

Dorothy Arzner, une pionnière à Hollywood (original title)

Directed by: Clara & Julia KUPERBERG

France. 2023. Documentary. 53min. Color. OV/FrS.

Synopsis

A true feminist pioneer, who never claimed the label, she nevertheless created essentially female characters, atypical and modern heroines, often ready to do anything to renounce their predestination. Her films are often manifestos against marriage, against heterosexuality, against the sexual domination of men over women, against the "male gaze" even before the term existed. Arzner worked within a patriarchal system, yet she dressed like a man, openly embraced her homosexuality at a time when it was almost inconceivable, and she remains the only female director in Hollywood from 1927 to 1943.

October 31st to November 3rd, 2024

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