FILM Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache (PG)

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Sunday 2 November 2025, 7pm (Doors open 6.50pm)

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (PG, running time 1h43m, 2018)
A rare chance to see this documentary about the first female filmmaker and learn about the history of film. When Alice Guy-Blaché completed her first film in 1896 Paris, she was not only the first female filmmaker, but one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. In "Be Natural", director Pamela B. Green acts as a detective, revealing the real story of Alice Guy-Blaché and highlighting her pioneering contributions to the birth of cinema and her acclaim as a creative force and entrepreneur in the earliest years of film making.

Narrated by Jodie Foster, the film features commentary from Diablo Cody, Geena Davis, Julie Delpy, Ava DuVernay, Michel Hazanavicius, Patty Jenkins, Ben Kingsley, Andy Samberg, Agnès Varda, Evan Rachel Wood and more.

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Refreshments will be available.

Also, there is a pub next door: The Farmers Arms. Parking is available outside and near the venue, Shadforth Village Hall (DH6 1LL).

Shadforth Village Hall is wheel chair and mobility scooter accessible, with a ramped entrance and disabled toilet. No stairs. If you are bringing a wheel chair/scooter please let us know if possible by emailing filmsatshadforth@hotmail.co.uk