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Rokhaya Diallo (born 10 April 1978) is a French journalist, author, film-maker, and activist for racial, gender and religious equality. [1] According to The New York Times, she is “one of France's most prominent anti-racism activists.” [2] She is a BET-France host and has produced and/or directed documentaries, television and radio programs.
Her Way (French: Une femme du monde) is a 2021 French drama film directed by Cécile Ducrocq . [1] [2] Cast. Laure Calamy - Marie; Nissim Renard - Adrien;
Woman with Black Glove (French: Femme au gant noir, or Femme Assise) is a painting by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes.Painted in 1920, after returning to Paris in the wake of World War I, the paintings highly abstract structure is consistent with style of experimentation that transpired during the second synthetic phase of Cubism, called Crystal Cubism.
The Woman from the End of the World (French: La femme du bout du monde) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean Epstein and starring Charles Vanel, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Germaine Rouer. [1] [2] [3] It is based on a novel of the same title by Alain Serdac. Location shooting took place on the island of Ushant off Brittany.
The depictions of women in film noir come in a range of archetypes and stock characters, including the alluring femme fatale. A femme fatale ( / ˌ f æ m f ə ˈ t ɑː l / or / ˌ f ɛ m f ə ˈ t ɑː l / ; French: [fam fatal] , literally "lethal woman"), is a prevalent and indicating theme to the style of film noir .
A Woman at Her Window (French: Une femme à sa fenêtre) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre, starring Romy Schneider, Philippe Noiret, Victor Lanoux and Umberto Orsini. Based on the 1929 novel Hotel Acropolis by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle , it tells the story of a woman who helps a union leader sought by police in ...
1896 La fée aux choux; director: Alice Guy-Blaché; one of the first narrative (fiction) films; 1911 Bufera d'anime; director: Elvira Notari; 1912 Algie the Miner; director: Alice Guy-Blaché(uncredited) first western directed by a woman. 1914 The Merchant of Venice; director: Lois Weber; the first full-length feature film directed by a woman
Faye Margaret Emerson (July 8, 1917 – March 9, 1983) was an American film and stage actress and television interviewer who gained fame as a film actress in the 1940s before transitioning to television in the 1950s and hosting her own talk show. Born in Louisiana, Emerson spent the majority of her early life in San Diego, California.