Jean Genet
Birthday: 1910-12-19
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Biography: Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers, and the plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens.
Movies
Mayday
In the spring of 1970, thousands of protesters descended on New Haven to demonstrate against the tri...
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Little Girl Blue
In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole's death, her ...
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Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
In the aftermath of the arrest of Angela Davis, Jean Genet reads a text denouncing racist US policy,...
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Song of Love
Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of ...
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André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plo...
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Disorder
Variations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in 1946...
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Chicago
UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A striking documentary shot ci...
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Shiraz 70
A short documentary about the 4th Shiraz Arts Festival and its series of performances that took plac...
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