The Pioneer
Director Daniela Abke
Countries Germany
Duration 13 min
Synopsis
This elegant and touching documentary celebrates the work of Alice Guy, a great pioneer of cinema who is considered to have been the first woman filmmaker and the first filmmaker (of whatever gender) to make a fictional narrative film. The film compiles footage from a number of Guy’s surviving films from both the French and American periods of her career, which lasted from 1896 to 1920.
This elegant and touching documentary celebrates the work of Alice Guy, a great pioneer of cinema who is considered to have been the first woman filmmaker and the first filmmaker (of whatever gender) to make a fictional narrative film. The film compiles footage from a number of Guy’s surviving films from both the French and American periods of her career, which lasted from 1896 to 1920.