COLORFUL DISSONANCE: ALICE GUY BLACHÉ by Zlatko Ćosić

A tribute to Alice Guy-Blaché's life and filmmaking career.

Directed by ZLATKO ĆOSIĆ
Produced by RITA CSAPÓ-SWEET
Music by BRAD DECKER
Research by RITA CSAPÓ-SWEET, ZLATKO ĆOSIĆ and HARI ŠEČIĆ
Photographs by RITA CSAPÓ-SWEET
Editing by ZLATKO ĆOSIĆ
Post-production by EYE PRODUCTION
Sponsors: International Studies and Programs at UMSL, and TV5MONDE
Special thanks to: Rachel Ćosić, UMSL, St. Louis Art Museum, Cinema St. Louis, and St. Louis International Film Festival
In loving memory of Fred Sweet



COLORFUL DISSONANCE: ALICE GUY BLACHÉ (5:20)  [VIDEO]



Trailblazing Alice Guy-Blaché was the first woman to direct a motion picture. Born in Paris in 1873, Guy-Blaché was hired as a secretary by Léon Gaumont in 1894, but when he established the Gaumont Film Company two years later, she became the studio’s head of production. Over a 25-year career, Guy-Blaché was responsible for more than 700 works. In conjunction with the University of Missouri-St. Louis, SLIFF pays tribute to this film pioneer with a program highlighted by her 1906 silent The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ. The screening will feature a newly created score by Dr. Barbara Harbach, curators’ professor of music and director of Women in the Arts at UMSL, with the music performed by members of the St. Louis Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Dr. James E. Richards, professor of music and associate dean of Fine Arts and Communication at UMSL. The program includes a short tribute video to Alice Guy-Blaché by video artist Zlatko Ćosić, with photography by Rita Csapó-Sweet, Associate Professor of Media Studies at UMSL. The music is composed and performed by Brad Decker.

PRESS

:: UMSL professors give new life to a pioneering film, Rachel Webb, UMSL Daily
:: UMSL teams with SLIFF for program on woman film pioneer, Cate Marquis, The Current



FILM FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS

:: St. Louis International Film Festival, Tribute to Alice Guy-Blaché, St. Louis Art Museum, November 16, 2014