Thu 16 May
60 mins
in English
UK | 1989 | dir. Imogen Sutton, with Hélène de Beauvoir, Eva Figes, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir | doc
Academy Award Nominee Imogen Sutton’s prize-winning documentary Daughters of de Beauvoir interweaves the life of feminist icon Simone de Beauvoir with those of the women she influenced – in particular through her seminal book The Second Sex. The film includes archive footage of de Beauvoir with Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as exclusive interviews with writers Kate Millett, Ann Oakley and Marge Piercy who all cite Simone de Beauvoir as a major force in their lives.
Followed by a Q&A with director Imogen Sutton, novelist Margaret Drabble, biographer Sarah LeFanu and film critic Kate Muir
As part of Beyond Words Festival and The Craft of Film: Academy of Motion Picture at Ciné Lumière
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