Film Series: “Silent Cinema Pioneers: From Alice Guy-Blaché to Lois Weber,” BAMPFA, September 14-25, 2024

“This series offers a chance to see works by four pioneering directors of the silent era: Alice Guy-Blaché, Louis Feuillade, Cecil B. DeMille, and Lois Weber.”

Series lineup: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018), “Alice Guy-Blaché & Louis Feuillade: Silent Cinema Pioneers,” and “Cecil B. DeMille & Lois Weber: Silent Cinema Pioneers.” For more information, visit the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive website.

Alice Guy Blaché atop a horse outside her Lemoine Ave. home in Fort Lee, circa 1910s. Courtesy the Barrymore Film Center/Fort Lee Film Commission.