Paris Was a Woman

75 mins
Women (many of them lesbian) artists, writers, photographers, designers, and adventurers settled in Paris between the wars. They embraced France, some developed an ex-pat culture, and most cherished a way of life quite different than the one left behind.

Juliet Stevenson

Narrator (voice)

Gertrude Stein

Self (archive footage)

Alice B. Toklas

Self (archive footage)

Janet Flanner

Self (archive footage)

Samuel Steward

Self (archive footage)

Marie Laurencin

Self (archive footage)

Sylvia Beach

Self (archive footage)

Adrienne Monnier

Self (archive footage)

Jean Bernard

Self (archive footage)

Solita Solano

Self (archive footage)

Josephine Baker

Self (archive footage)

Paul Valéry

Self (archive footage)

Natalie Clifford Barney

Self (archive footage)

Colette

Self (archive footage)

Romaine Brooks

Self (archive footage)

Djuna Barnes

Self (archive footage)

Thelma Wood

Self (archive footage)

Pablo Picasso

Self (archive footage)

James Joyce

Self (archive footage)

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