The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art

The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art (2021)

7.2 53 min Movie
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Throughout the 19th century, imaginative and visionary artists and inventors brought about the advent of a new look, absolutely modern and truly cinematographic, long before the revolutionary invention of the Lumière brothers and the arrival of December 28, 1895, the historic day on which the first cinema performance took place.

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Cast

Vimala Pons Vimala Pons Self - Narrator (voice)
Bertrand Lemoine Bertrand Lemoine Self - Architecture Historian
Vanessa Schwartz Vanessa Schwartz Self - Art Historian
Tacita Dean Tacita Dean Self - Artist
Paul Perrin Paul Perrin Self - Painting Curator
Mark Lewis Mark Lewis Self - Artist
Dominique Païni Dominique Païni Self - Film Curator
Marie Robert Marie Robert Self - Photo Curator
Thierry Frémaux Thierry Frémaux Self - Institut Lumière Director
Christian Petzold Christian Petzold Self - Filmmaker
Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas Self - Filmmaker

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