19 February 1996 Factual 75 mins
Women (many of them lesbian) artists, writers, photographers, designers, and adventurers settled in Paris between the wars. They embraced France, some developed an ex-pat culture, and most cherished a way of life quite different than the one left behind.
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Juliet Stevenson as Narrator (voice)
Gertrude Stein as Self (archive footage)
Janet Flanner as Self (archive footage)
Sylvia Beach as Self (archive footage)
Gisèle Freund as Self
Solita Solano as Self (archive footage)
Josephine Baker as Self (archive footage)
Paul Valéry as Self (archive footage)
Natalie Clifford Barney as Self (archive footage)
Colette as Self (archive footage)
Djuna Barnes as Self (archive footage)
Pablo Picasso as Self (archive footage)
James Joyce as Self (archive footage)
Greta Schiller Director
Andrea Weiss Writer
Greta Schiller Producer
Andrea Weiss Producer
Greta Schiller Editor
Frances Berrigan Producer
Germany 19 February 1996
United Kingdom 19 November 1995
United States 08 November 1996
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