Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer

Nacimiento : 1939-01-29, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Historia

Germaine Greer is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminist movement in the latter half of the 20th century.

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Germaine Greer

Películas

Being Bridget Jones
Self
Marking 25 years since the creation of the Bridget Jones character for a column in The Independent newspaper, author Helen Fielding opens up her personal archive for the very first time to tell the story of how Bridget Jones’s Diary came to be. We meet Helen’s friends and family who inspired many of the characters and interview the stars of the hugely successful film adaptations, Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.
Germaine Bloody Greer
Herself
A profile of the Australian author and academic whose 1970 book "The Female Eunuch" became an international bestseller and an important part of the feminist movement. Featuring previously unseen archive footage.
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.
We Are the People We've Been Waiting For
Self
This landmark documentary explores the extent to which young people around the world are being failed by an education system created at the time of the Industrial Revolution. A provocative and relevant exploration of the most important issue of our time, We Are The People We've Been Waiting For confronts our expectations of what education systems ought to be achieving for our children.
Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
Karl Pilkington, best known for his podcasts with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and his travel show An Idiot Abroad goes on a quest to find out if intelligence, really makes you happier.
Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Peretti sets out to find out what happened to the game that obsessed him as a kid. In this documentary, he presents an eye-opening account of the sport's heady popularity in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Real Animal Farm
From the Channel 4 series "The dark side of porn" (2/5). A close look at the story behind the bestiality tape "Animal Farm" (1981). From its production in early 80's Denmark, to when it was smuggled to the UK and distributed in 1981.
Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris
self
A behind the scenes look at Bernardo Bertolucci’s classic film about the dark side of the sexual revolution: Last Tango in Paris, starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider.
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
Self
Documentary charting the Derek and Clive phenomenon. The two foul-mouthed toilet attendants were the creations of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and were responsible for some of the filthiest comedy to come out of Britain. Despite being banned from radio and television the duo achieved great success and a cult status, but the act broke up one of the greatest comedy partnerships of recent years. Featuring excerpts from the actual records and video footage of Cook and Moore.
Portrait of an Artist as an Old Lady
Narrator
A documentary about Paraskeva Clark, a Russian painter who trained in Paris and moved to Canada in the 1930s.
Town Bloody Hall
Herself
Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling — debate the issue of Women's Liberation.
Sunshine City
SUNSHINE CITY is Albie Thom’s sprawling, protoplasmic experimental portrait of his hometown of Sydney. The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia call it “a structured diary film which investigates the process of living in Sydney, which uses a repeating light modulation to intensify experiences of light, heat, colour”.
Jimi Hendrix
Self
Realizado poco después de su muerte, este documental explora la breve vida y el notable legado del guitarrista Jimi Hendrix. Después de encontrar fama en el Reino Unido, Hendrix llevó su acto a los Estados Unidos, donde su influyente estilo de interpretación dejó una huella ardiente en toda una generación de músicos. Empleando entrevistas con familiares y contemporáneos, como Eric Clapton, así como abrasadoras actuaciones en vivo de Woodstock y la Isla de Wight, la película pinta un retrato indeleble de una leyenda del rock 'n' roll.
Universal Soldier
Clara Bowden
A life-long mercenary commander and weapons expert is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he is seen as a threat to the powers behind the operation.
Darling, Do You Love Me?
The Woman
In a hugely entertaining parody of her media persona, a pre-'Female Eunuch' Germaine Greer stars as a terrifyingly amorous woman who alternately cajoles, pursues and assaults a mild little man with cries of "Darling, do you love me?" until he succumbs to her strangling hands.