Zanzibar Group
The Zanzibar Group (also known as Zanzibar Films) was a radical French collective of filmmakers active from 1968 to 1970. The group was financed by Sylvina Boissonnas[1] and included filmmakers Philippe Garrel and Jackie Raynal.[1][2] Sally Shafto has referred to them as "the Dandies of May 1968", in reference to the civil unrest in France at the time.[3]
History
The Zanzibar group comprised young radical French filmmakers, some of whom had dropped out of university to make films.[1] The group's constituent members were dandies, and some were models.[1] The group's work was financed by Sylvina Boissonnas. Productions were sparse: directors shot without scripts and actors were typically not paid for their work.[1] The group shot on expensive 35 mm film.[1]
In 1969, several members of the group embarked on a trip to Africa to shoot Serge Bard's film Au-delà. However, Bard abandoned the project before reaching their namesake destination.[1]
The Zanzibar group dissolved when Boissonnas stopped financing their films and instead became more active in the French feminist movement.[1] Boissonnas was unable to sell the rights to the group's films to distributors, and so the group's work remained relatively unknown until a 2000 screening at the Cinémathèque Française.[1]
Members
- Philippe Garrel
- Jackie Raynal
- Serge Bard
- Daniel Pommereulle
- Olivier Mosset
- Frédéric Pardo
- Caroline de Bendern
- Zouzou
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Shafto, Sally (9 February 2002). "The new, new wave". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ Pinkerton, Nick (7 August 2017). "Lines of Flight". Artfoum. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ Reader, Keith (August 2007). ""Africa is a Revolutionary Country": Sally Shafto's Zanzibar: The Zanzibar Films and the Dandies of May 1968". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
General references
- Shafto, Sally (May 2008). "No Wave: The Zanzibar Group". Artforum. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- "Global Visions: Zanzibar Films and the Dandies of May 1968". Harvard Film Archive. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- Picard, Andrea. "This Time Tomorrow: The Zanzibar Films". Cinema Scope. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
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