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The first part of the film Saturday will be related to the project of the Biennale and the Latvian Museum of Photography “(In) Visible Authors”, dedicated to the history of photography in the 20th century. the first half of the work heritage of little-known or hitherto unknown Latvian female photographers. Within the thematic framework of this project, Pamela B. Green’s documentary “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, 2019” will be shown for the first time in Latvia. The film is both a dedication and an intriguing detective story, trying to trace the events and circumstances that led French director, producer and screenwriter Alice Guia-Blaise (1873-1968), the first female director and her unique contribution to more than 1,000 films, to be undeservedly forgotten.
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Alice Gija-Blaise was one of the witnesses to the first demonstrations of the invention of the Limier brothers in Paris. At the time, she was working for Leon Gaumont’s photography company, and it was this experience that prompted Alice to take film seriously, becoming the director of perhaps the world’s first feature film, The Cabbage Fairy, and setting up a film studio in Fortley, New Jersey. which became the first American film making hotspot before Hollywood. Blaise was a pioneer of various filming and editing techniques, as well as film genres and artistic techniques. Not only Alfred Hitchcock admired her work, but also Riga-born director and editing master Sergejs Eisenstein.
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