Get ready for another engaging episode of Join Us in France! This week, my co-host Elyse Rivin and I delve into the captivating story of cinema's trailblazers, the Lumière Brothers. We also discuss Alice Guy, the first woman film director. As we unravel the saga of their groundbreaking inventions and the birth of cinema, Elyse's keen insights illuminate the past, painting a vivid picture of the early days of film and how it has shaped our present. This episode is a must-listen for all film enthusiasts!

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Annie and Elyse about the Lumières brothers
Elyse’s love for movies
History of cinema and it’s relationship to France
Luc Besson
Let’s talk about the beginning
Muiberg’s optical illusion
Edison’s Kinetoscope
Emile Reynaud’s Optical Theater, Illuminated Pantomimes
Frères Lumière, The Light Brothers
The first “film festival” in Paris
The first travel films
Next step for Lumière Brothers
George Meliès and the first special effects
The first political movie
The first movie houses and the first cinema studio
Destroyed everything they had built
Alice Guy, the first woman film director
The cabbage fairy film
Jesus of Nazareth film
The first peplum
The Pathé brothers
The first sound studio in Europe
World War I pauses everything
The New Wave
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First Frame: The Revolutionary Lumière Brothers, Episode 447