Paris Was a Woman presents a dazzling portrait of the creative community of women artists, writers, photographers, booksellers, painters, and publishers who flocked to the Left Bank of Paris in the early 20th century and transformed it into the cultural capital of the world. Theirs is a collective story that rejects the “great man” narrative – Picasso, Joyce, Hemingway – that has long defined our understanding of Modernism.
Utilizing groundbreaking research and newly discovered home movies, Paris Was a Woman re-creates the mood and spirit of this female artistic community in the City of Light during its most magical era.
Included in this milieu are authors Colette, Djuna Barnes and Gertrude Stein, painters Romaine Brooks and Marie Laurencin, photographers Berenice Abbott and Gisele Freund, publishers and booksellers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier, and journalist Janet Flanner.
New 4K restoration created by IndieCollect in association with Women’s Film Preservation Fund.
“It’s enough to make you leave your spouse and move to Paris!” – Time Out New York
“Time travel to golden ages doesn’t exist, but documentaries like Paris Was a Woman are the next best thing.” – The New York Times
“Documentary director Greta Schiller’s examination of Paris Modernism gives this world a surprising amount of verve. Giants like Picasso, Joyce, Janet Flanner, Djuna Barnes, and Gertrude Stein come across as positively fun-loving, and Paris blooms like a rose.” – The New Yorker
