In the 70s, actress Delphine Seyrig and director Carole Roussopoulos, both militant feminists, were the pioneers of video activism in France. They documented the demonstrations of French feminists and used the new technologies to counter the poor representation of women in the public media.
Les Films de la Butte, Alva Film
French
Delphine Seyrig
Self (archive footage)
Carole Roussopoulos
Self (archive footage)
Alexandra Roussopoulos
Self
Chantal Akerman
Self (archive footage)
Marguerite Duras
Self (archive footage)
Liliane de Kermadec
Self (archive footage)
Nadja Ringart
Self (archive footage)
Ioana Wieder
Self (archive footage)
Maria Schneider
Self (archive footage)
Simone de Beauvoir
Self (archive footage)
Michel Drucker
Self (archive footage)
Ellen Burstyn
Self (archive footage)
Butch Jamie
2008
Microcosmos
1996
Iverson
2014
Nothing is Forgiven
2019
The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring
2023
Thank God I’m in the Film Business!
2003
Meet the Patels
2014
Into Our Own Hands
2010
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
Who's Afraid of the Bogeyman
1989
From Victoria Street to Ang Mo Kio
2019
Casa Roshell
2017