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True film pioneer makes
her debut at City Lights
Narrated by Jodie
Foster, “Be Natural:
The Untold Story of
Alice Guy-Blaché”
is a documentary
about the first female
filmmaker,
Alice
Guy-Blaché, which
explores the heights
of fame and financial
success she achieved
before she was shut
out from the very
industry she helped
create.
Guy-Blaché start-
Beginning in 1896, filmmaker
ed her career as a
Alice Guy-Blaché created 1,000
secretary to Léon
films. People can learn more
Gaumont and, at 23,
about her through “Be Natural,”
was inspired to make
playing this week at City Lights
her own film called
Cinemas.
“La Fée aux Choux”
(“The Cabbage Fairy”), one ry of Guy-Blaché, who lived
of the first narrative films from 1873 to 1968 — not
ever made. After her film- only highlighting her pio-
making career at Gaumont neering contributions to the
from 1896 to 1907, she had birth of cinema but also her
a second decade-long career acclaim as a creative force
in the U.S., where she built and entrepreneur in the ear-
and ran her own studio in liest years of movie-making.
Green interviewed Patty
Fort Lee, N.J.
Jenkins,
Diablo Cody, Ben
Over the span of her ca-
Kingsley,
Geena Davis, Ava
reer, she wrote, produced
DuVernay,
Michel Haza-
or directed 1,000 films, in-
navicius
and
Julie Delpy
cluding 150 with synchro-
—
to
name
a
few
— who
nized sound during the “si-
comment
on
Guy-Blaché’s
lent” era. Her work includes
comedies, westerns and innovations.
Green discovered rare
dramas, as well as films with
footage
of televised inter-
groundbreaking
subject
views
and
long-archived
matter such as child abuse,
audio
interviews,
which can
immigration, Planned Par-
be
heard
for
the
first
time in
enthood and female em-
“Be
Natural,
”
which
affords
powerment.
Guy-Blaché
the
chance
to
Guy-Blaché also etched a
tell
her
own
story.
place in history by making
“Be Natural” plays Sun-
the earliest known surviv-
day,
July 28, at 12:30 p.m.
ing narrative film with an
and
Tuesday, July 30, at
all-black cast.
12:30
and 4:50 p.m. at City
Director Pamela B. Green
Lights
Cinemas, 1930 High-
has dedicated more than
way
101.
For more info, visit
eight years of research in or-
citylightscinemas.com.
der to discover the real sto-
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Local youth earns Eagle Scout Award
Brenden Jensen, son of
Kaleena and Bobby Jensen,
recently completed the re-
quirements for achieving
the Boy Scouts’ highest
award with the rank of Eagle
Scout on July 12.
Jensen began his scout-
ing career as a Cub Scout
in Nibley, Utah, where he
earned the Arrow of Light,
Cub Scouting’s highest
award. He then entered Boy
Scouts in Troop 379 in Nib-
ley before moving with his
family to Florence and join-
ing Boy Scout Troop 721.
Jensen said he has enjoyed
earning rank advancements
and merit badges since he
first joined.
“Scouting has always been
a great way to have a good
time with friends while
learning cool and important
things,” he said. “With some
certain scouting friends, I’d
have friendly competitions
where we try to advance the
quickest or earn the most
merit badges. I didn’t always
win, but we had fun and
made progress.”
Jensen admits that some
merit badges were more fun
than others, and some were
a bit harder to earn, but he
always found a way to make
it happen.
Earning the Eagle Scout
Award requires a Scout to
earn a minimum of 21 merit
badges, serve in a leadership
position within the Troop
and then plan and complete
a project benefitting his
community. In Troop 721,
Jensen served in a number
of leadership positions, the
last one being the troop Ju-
nior Assistant Scoutmaster.
As a scout, he earned
more than the required 21
merit badges, and then he
planned and organized his
Eagle Project, where he and
47 assistants spent a total of
149 hours in cleaning the
headstone and placing Hon-
or Medallions on the graves
for the 500 veterans at the
Pacific Sunset Cemetery in
Florence.
“Being in scouts has
taught me some pretty im-
portant life lessons,” Jensen
said. “Being involved in
so many things including
school clubs, track, cross
country, having a job, family
life, hobbies — and of course
scouts — I have learned a lot
about scheduling and prior-
itizing my time.”
Jensen added that he also
learned a little extra about
managing his time while
working on the personal
management merit badge.
“Being the oldest of a
small troop, I have been
thrown headlong into lead-
ership positions,” he said.
“The majority of my scout-
ing time, I was the senior
patrol leader until my scout-
master decided to make me
the junior assistant scout-
master. With leadership
meetings, planning and
leading activities, I learned
Brenden Jensen achieved the rank of Eagle Scout
with Boy Scout Troop 721 on July 12.
a good amount of leadership Church of Jesus Christ of
skills.”
the Latter-Day Saints. On
All of those skills came completing the mission,
into play while working on he plans on earning a de-
his Eagle Scout project.
gree from Brigham Young
“There’s not many places University. In high school
you can learn how to use a he has been a member of
compass, tie some knots, several clubs including the
set up a campground, start National Honor Society,
a good fire, learn leader- and also a member of the
ship skills, build dedica- track and cross country
tion, practice first aid and teams while maintaining a
lifesaving, learn personal 4.0 grade point average.
management, etc., and have
Of earning his Eagle
a good time doing it,” says Scout Award, Jensen said,
Jensen. “I’m glad I could “I’m honored to be a part
learn all these things and of something great and
more while having fun with to have the opportuni-
friends.”
ty to earn the Eagle Scout
Jensen will be a se- Award. A long time ago, I
nior in high school this promised my grandmother
fall. On completing high that I would earn my Eagle.
school, he plans in serving I’m glad I was able to honor
a two-year mission for the that promise.”
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