Sunday, June 29, 2008

Forze irresistibili: Le suffragette al cinema: spazio pubblico e privato

Presenta Madeleine Bernstorff. Grand piano: Maud Nelissen. Viewed at Lumière 1, Bologna, 29 June, 2008.
Die Suffragette. DE 1913. D: Urban Gad, starring: Asta Nielsen. DVD Fragment 2 min. Electrifying.
La Grève des cuisinières. FR 1906. PC: Pathé. 8 min. A stereotypical farce.
Robinette nihilista. IT 1913. PC: Ambrosio, starring Nilde Baracchi. 6 min. A farce with witty choreography.
La Journée d'une musulmane / La Journée de Lily. FR 1913. PC: Eclair. Fine print: CNC. 5 min
Tilly in a Boardinghouse. GB 1911. PC: Hepworth. Print: NFM. Starring Alma Taylor (Tilly), Chrissie White (Sally). 7 min. - Wild girls escape in boys' clothing.
Bobby bei den Frauenrechtlerinnen. DE 1911. PC: Messter. 6 min. - Man dresses as woman, infiltrates into a women's meeting, and is chased.
Rêve d'une féministe. FR 1919. PC: Pathé. - Farce about the role reversal.
La Femme doit voter. FR 1912. Print: AFF/CNC. 2 min
Scenes in the Record: Demonstration of Suffragettes 19 June 1910. FR 1910. PC: Pathé. 3 min.
Scenes from Suffragette Demonstration in Newcastle 8 October 1909. FR 1909. PC: [Warwick]. 1 min. Print: BFI
The Suffragette Derby 4 June 1913. FR 1913. PC: Gaumont. 6 min. - Emily Davison throws herself under the King's horse.
Miss Davison's Funeral. FR 1913. PC: Gaumont. 3 min. - "I have fought the good fight".
Suffragettes? Yarmouth Pier and Pavillon Burnt Down 7 April 1914. FR 1914. PC: Eclair. 1 min.
Milling the Militants: A Comic Absurdity. GB 1918. PC: Clarendon. D: Percy Stow. 7 min. - Mother is a suffragette, father stays with children, windows shattered, fire breaks out, a cruel revenge in a dream.
An exciting compilation programme on the social impact of the suffragette. For a Finnish viewer this is a bit strange, as in Finland in 1905-1906 women got full political rights.

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