Women Directors

Alice Guy Honored at the Olympics

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.

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