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That same evening we were going to Seville, hoping to find the ideal Carmen. The cigarette-girls whom we met had, without doubt, inherited the combative character of that heroine, but unfortunately not her seductive charm. We had to content ourselves with taking some documentaries: the celebrated Giralda, the house of Adam, the sultan’s garden and his bath of which, despite my encouragements, Anatole obstinately refused to taste the water. (The Memoirs of Alice Guy Blaché, p. 49)

On Saturday, November 14, 2009, from 9:30 am-5 pm the 
“Woman with a Movie Camera: Alice Guy Blaché Symposium,” was held at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Film Center, New York University, 36 East 8th Street, New York.  The event was co-sponsored by the Whitney’s Education Department and the Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

PREVIEW OF Alice Guy Blaché:Cinema Pioneer
WITH LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT BY DONALD SOSIN
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

On November 6, 2009 the Whitney held a breakfast, opening ceremony and preview of selected films from the program Alice Guy Blaché:Cinema Pioneer, which will run until the end of January 2010.

To see a program of film screenings during the exhibit (programs change weekly) go here.

On November 5th almost all of us who had contributed to the catalog  for the Whitney retrospective   Alice Guy Blaché:Cinema Pioneer   gathered at 192 Books  for a panel and discussion on the work of the first woman filmmaker.