A pioneer of cinema in the 1920s before the era of talkies in Hollywood, American director Dorothy Arzner created strong female characters that defied the norms of marriage and heterosexuality. Openly homosexual and the only female director in Hollywood from 1927 to 1943, she challenged the conventions of the patriarchal system with more than 16 films to her credit. While admired by some, including Francis Ford Coppola and Jodie Foster who would restore her films, she remains largely forgotten in Hollywood. In short, a film about a crucial piece of Western cinema historiography.
Other festivals:
Festival AMDOCS, United States (2023)
Festival Beverly Hills, United States (2023)
Cinema Ritrovato, Italy (2023)
Festival Lumière, France (2023)
Festival AMDOCS, United States (2023)
Festival Beverly Hills, United States (2023)
Cinema Ritrovato, Italy (2023)
Festival Lumière, France (2023)
| Director | Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg |
| Production | Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg |
In Partnership with
Sessions
• Cinéma du Musée - Auditorium Maxwell-Cummings
Sunday, march 17, 2024, 05:30 p.m. — 07:30 p.m.
• Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec - Auditorium Sandra et Alain Bouchard du Pavillon Pierre Lassonde
Thursday, march 21, 2024, 01:30 p.m. — 02:45 p.m.
Production
Clara Kuperberg
Passionate about American film history and American culture, Clara and Julia Kuperberg created their own film company, Wichita Films, in 2006 to produce and direct documentaries. The Kuperberg sisters work as equal measure as producers, directors, writers and editors on their films. Their films, all in english, are distributed all over the world. They have done more than 50 documentaries together. And their most famous films, “This is Orson Welles” and “The Women who Run Hollywood” were selected and screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2015 and 2016 among prestigious other festivals. They won several awards, as Best Director Award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Vancouver Independent Film Festival.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Selected films:
Joni Mitchell, le spleen et la colère (2022)
Ida Lupino : Gentlemen & Miss Lupino (2021)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
Jack Lemmon une vie de cinéma (2020)
Rita Hayworth la création d’un sex symbole (2020)
Joni Mitchell, le spleen et la colère (2022)
Ida Lupino : Gentlemen & Miss Lupino (2021)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
Jack Lemmon une vie de cinéma (2020)
Rita Hayworth la création d’un sex symbole (2020)
Julia Kuperberg
Passionate about American film history and American culture, Clara and Julia Kuperberg created their own film company, Wichita Films, in 2006 to produce and direct documentaries. The Kuperberg sisters work as equal measure as producers, directors, writers and editors on their films. Their films, all in english, are distributed all over the world. They have done more than 50 documentaries together. And their most famous films, “This is Orson Welles” and “The Women who Run Hollywood” were selected and screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2015 and 2016 among prestigious other festivals. They won several awards, as Best Director Award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Vancouver Independent Film Festival.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Selected films:
Joni Mitchell, le spleen et la colère (2022)
Ida Lupino : Gentlemen & Miss Lupino (2021)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
Jack Lemmon une vie de cinéma (2020)
Rita Hayworth la création d’un sex symbole (2020)
Joni Mitchell, le spleen et la colère (2022)
Ida Lupino : Gentlemen & Miss Lupino (2021)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
Jack Lemmon une vie de cinéma (2020)
Rita Hayworth la création d’un sex symbole (2020)
In the same sessions
Cinéma du Musée - Auditorium Maxwell-Cummings
Sunday, march 17, 2024, 05:30 p.m.
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec - Auditorium Sandra et Alain Bouchard du Pavillon Pierre Lassonde
Thursday, march 21, 2024, 01:30 p.m.
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