Jean Genet

Born: 1910-12-19

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.


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Little Girl Blue

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2023-11-01

In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole's death,...

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Song of Love

as Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
Released: 1972-12-11

Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need...

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André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

as Self - Writer (archive footage)
Released: 2019-10-02

Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A...

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Mayday

as Self
Released: 1970-12-31

In the spring of 1970, thousands of protesters descended on New Haven to demonstrate against the...

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Disorder

as Self
Released: 1950-12-02

Variations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in...

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Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy

as Self
Released: 1970-03-27

In the aftermath of the arrest of Angela Davis, Jean Genet reads a text denouncing racist US...

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Shiraz 70

as uncredited
Released: 1970-12-01

A short documentary about the 4th Shiraz Arts Festival and its series of performances that took...

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Apostrophes

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1975-01-10

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...

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