{"id":262973,"date":"2023-09-06T14:46:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/?post_type=app_event&p=262973"},"modified":"2023-09-13T20:02:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:02:30","slug":"explore-the-vibrant-career-of-gaston-melies-pioneer-of-american-cinema","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/explore-the-vibrant-career-of-gaston-melies-pioneer-of-american-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore the vibrant career of Gaston M\u00e9li\u00e8s, pioneer of American cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Director Rapha\u00ebl Millet<\/a> will be in artistic residency in New York this fall to continue his documentary work on the history of cinema. He is currently working on the forgotten history of George M\u00e9li\u00e8s\u2019 older brother, Gaston, a pioneering and little-known filmmaker whose work has been almost wiped out by time and travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaston M\u00e9li\u00e8s moved to the US in 1903, where he produced no fewer than 185 films, shot across the country and the American continent on his many travels. He was the first to film the natives of the regions he traversed, at a time when Indians, Blacks and Asians were being portrayed by white actors. Moreover, Gaston M\u00e9li\u00e8s\u2019s cinema shaped scenic variety and creative freedom in the \u201ctransitional era\u201d before the rise of Hollywood studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using personal photographs, home movies, and other private or public archival combined with interviews, Raphael Millet will present his findings at Villa Albertine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RSVP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are not in New York, you can watch this event live on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9 Rapha\u00ebl Millet \/ Nocturne Productions<\/p>\n\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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