Alison McMahan is the author of the award-winning Alice Guy Blaché, Lost Visionary of the Cinema (Bloomsbury, 2002) and The Films of Tim Burton: Animating Live Action in Hollywood (Bloomsbury, 2005). She has a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies and Women's Studies from Union Institute & University. She produces documentaries for Homunculus Productions, and writes screenplays and fiction. Contact: [email protected]
At long last, it looks like Alice Guy is getting a mini-series dedicated to her. Courtesy HBO Max and France Télévisions Drama:
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In the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Paris last summer, ten golden statues honoring French women of accomplishment were displayed and highlighted, including one of Alice Guy. The statues emerged from the Seine, adding a message about gender equality to the Olympics.
Video clip of Alice's four-meter tall statue emerging from the Seine. Note that the gold rings acnkowledge that she made her first film, The Cabbage Fairy, in 1896.