Paris Was a Woman

Director: Greta Schiller

1996 / 75min / 4K DCP

Drawing on newly discovered home movies and a rich bounty of archival materials, Schiller’s trailblazing documentary, now marking its 30th anniversary, offers up a vibrant and vivacious evocation of the community of female artists and culturati of all stripes—among their number Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Djuna Barnes, and Colette—who called Paris’s Left Bank home in the first decades of the previous century. A film that acts on the viewer like a tonic draught of fresh air, Paris Was a Woman is an enthralling evocation of one of the most storied periods in the history of the City of Light and of an anything-goes bohemian enclave that fostered both personal and creative liberation.

New 4k Restoration created by IndieCollect in association with Women’s Film Preservation Fund

A Zeitgeist Films release

Q&A with filmmakers Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss moderated by broadcast journalist Laura Flanders on Friday, October 16th

Q&A with filmmakers Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss moderated by Jane Gaines, Founder of Columbia University’s Women Film Pioneers Project, on Saturday, October 17th

Introduction by Sandra Schulberg, President of IndieCollect, on Sunday, October 18th

Book signing of Paris Was A Woman with author Andrea Weiss following all three screenings