Betty Boop for Ever
Synopsis
She was the first female human character in the history of animation, and the first to be the star of a cartoon; when she made her début, in 1930, Betty Boop blew up screens. In 2020, when she turned 90, this icon, with her legendary “boop oop a doop,” had not one wrinkle to show for her age, and she remains an enigma. From the 1930s society from which she arose to the present, when The New Yorker features her to denounce sexual harassment, what image of women and femininity has Betty Boop promoted? Against an archival background that immerses us in the jazz world of the 1930s and relates her history, this entertaining and feminist documentary revisits the myth of Betty Boop with Jeni Mahoney, the great-granddaughter of Betty Boop’s creator, Max Fleischer, as well as Lili Zanuck, Chantal Thomass, Melissa Laveaux, and Viktoria Modesta.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Leading French distributor : ARTE France
- Executive Producer : Joparige Films
- Co-production : Schuch Productions
Full credits (7)
- Music Composer : Olivier Depardon
- Screenwriter : Claire Duguet
- Directors of Photography : Étienne Blanchard, Guillaume Tunzini, Sarah Blum, Alexandra Sabathé
- Sound recordists : David Chaulier, Lilian Matigot
- Editor : Anne Cutaia
- Voice-over : Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain
- Graphic designer : Amélie Vappereau
Technical details
- Programme format : One-off
- Type : TV programme
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Women
- Themes : Cinema, History, Identity
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 52 min
