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Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story (2020)

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Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story

Babette Mangolte | France | 2020 | Unclassified (15+)
Film

When

Wed 2 Jul 2025

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In the early ’80s, Seyrig travelled to the US to research a planned film about Calamity Jane. Expanding on her work as original cinematographer, Mangolte weaves the surviving footage into a revived project investigating Calamity’s personal archives, letters to her daughter and other efforts to preserve her memories. The final assemblage is a cinematic palimpsest that tenderly unearths buried stories across generations.

Preceded by SCUM Manifesto Carole Roussopoulos and Delphine Seyrig (1976) 27 mins – Unclassified 15+. This explicit work of radical feminist activism takes the form of a staged reading of Valerie Solanas’ groundbreaking publication, layered with news reports detailing global conflicts.

Format: DCP
Language: English and French with English subtitles
Source: Centre audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir
Courtesy: Centre audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir
Runtime: 87 mins

Event duration

87 mins

Rating

Unclassified (15+)

Where

Cinema 1, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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