Dorothy Arzner, Pioneer, Queer, Feminist
A documentary about the life and work of Dorothy Arzner explores her groundbreaking career in classic Hollywood as the first woman to join the American Guild of Directors. Using personal photographs from her family album and film clips, the documentary blends private recordings with commentary from researchers and former students, including her student, Francis Ford Coppola.
Clara Kuperberg, 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 are distributed all over the world. Their This Is Orson Welles and The Women Who Run Hollywood were selected and screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2015 and 2016, and at Deauville American Cinema Festival 2015 and 2016 too, among other prestigious film festivals.
Selected filmography
2009 Let's Dance (doc.)
2012 Teen Movies les origines (doc.)
2013 Hollywood et les hommes (doc.)
2016 The Women Who Run Hollywood (doc.)
2018 Hollywood, No Sex Please! (doc.)
2021 Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (doc.)
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