In the Realms of the Unreal

In the Realms of the Unreal 2004

7.10

In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to find a 15,145-page manuscript along with hundreds of paintings depicting The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glodeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Cased by the Child Slave Rebellion.

2004

Alice Guy-Blaché

Alice Guy-Blaché 1997

1

A one-hour biographical documentary about Alice Guy-Blaché, one of the first women to direct films.

1997

I Am Wanda

I Am Wanda 1980

6.00

Documentary about American film director and actress Barbara Loden featuring an interview filmed in 1980.

1980

Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda

Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda 1977

8.00

A documentary about French film director Agnès Varda on the set of her 1977 film ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN'T. It includes interviews with Varda and the lead actors in the film.

1977

Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner

Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner 1983

1

By the time director Katja Raganelli arrived in California to make a film about Dorothy Arzner in 1980, Arzner had passed away in a car accident. Nonetheless, Raganelli visited Arzner’s desert home and retraced the pioneering filmmaker’s career in this documentary, using Arzner’s trove of photographs, as well as interviews with her leading lady Esther Ralston, to create this nuanced portrait of a woman who bucked every norm and defied societal expectation.

1983