Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

Directed by Pamela B. Green

Release Year: 2019
Running time: 103
Country: U.S.
Language: English
$22.46 - Classroom Rights
MSRP: $29.95
$349.00 - With PPR
$499.00 - With DSL
$499.00 - With DSL and PPR
MSRP: $599.00
Directed by: Pamela B. Green

Alice Guy-Blaché was a true pioneer who got into the movie business at the very beginning—in 1894, at the age of 21. Two years later, she was made head of production at Gaumont and started directing films. She and her husband moved to the United States, and she founded her own company, Solax, in 1910—they started in Flushing and moved to a bigger facility in Fort Lee, New Jersey. But by 1919, Guy-Blaché’s career came to an abrupt end, and she and the 1000 films that bore her name were largely forgotten. Pamela B. Green’s energetic film is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation. Narration by Jodie Foster.

Reviews

A scrupulously well-researched documentary about one of early cinema's greatest pioneers and the world's first woman filmmaker.

- Hollywood Reporter
 

By the end of "Be Natural," you won't only have a clear idea of who this remarkable woman was; you may well have acquired a new taste in old movies. Critic's Pick.

- The New York Times
 

What starts as a biography turns into a detective thriller as Green crisscrosses the globe, searching for clues as to why Guy-Blaché has been forgotten.

- Los Angeles Times
 

Awards

Nominee – 2021 Peabody Awards

 

Trailer Embed Code

Download Trailer