Reclaim the Frame – Be Natural at Cultureplex

Reclaim the Frame - Be Natural screening at Ducie Street Warehouse, Manchester, 27 January 2020, from £5 - Book now

Female filmmaking champions Reclaim the Frame invite film fans to “meet the Mother of Cinema” with a screening of Pamela B.Green’s Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché at Cultureplex.

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. With 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.

Narrated by Jodie Foster, the film features commentary from Diablo Cody, Geena Davis, Julie Delpy, Ava DuVernay, Michel Hazanavicius, Patty Jenkins, Ben Kingsley, Andy Samberg, Agnès Varda, Evan Rachel Wood and more.