Jean Genet
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.
Little Girl Blue
as Self (archive footage)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)Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need...
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Disorder
as SelfVariations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in...
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André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
as Self - Writer (archive footage)Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A...
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Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
as SelfIn the aftermath of the arrest of Angela Davis, Jean Genet reads a text denouncing racist US...
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Mayday
as SelfIn the spring of 1970, thousands of protesters descended on New Haven to demonstrate against the...
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Apostrophes
as Self (archive footage)Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...
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