*Dangerous Woman? Documenting the life and Career of Gertrude Bell* -> Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30pm, Paresky Center, Auditorium! Description: Join filmmakers Zeva Oelbaum and Sabine Krayenbühl for a screening and discussion about their work-in-progress documentary -Letters from Baghdad - the story of trailblazer Gertrude Bell. Adventurer, spy and diplomat, Gertrude Bell left the confines of Edwardian England to seek freedom and independence in the Arabian desert and became the most powerful woman in the British Empire. In the aftermath of World War I, she drew the borders of Iraq, helped to install its first king, and founded the Baghdad Museum of Antiquities. Bell left behind a rich cache of letters and photographs that document her extraordinary experiences in the Middle East in the early 20th century and reveal a complex woman grappling with the challenge of making her mark in a world being rapidly transformed by major political and social events. Oelbaum and Krayenbühl will discuss how the film, the first feature-length documentary on Gertrude Bell, explores the choices that trail blazing women almost always have to make, and specific to Bell how circumstance and personality made her a “dangerous woman”. She turned her back on comfort and privilege in the pursuit of knowledge, power and the passion for making a difference. They will also discuss their approach of working with archival footage and primary source material and why Gertrude Bell’s place in history has mostly been forgotten. Sponsored by the Gaudino Fund.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:06:34 +0000
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