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Elizabeth

Elizabeth

2017•23m•Documentary

Elizabeth concerns the life and work of calligrapher, typographer, and graphic designer Elizabeth Friedlander. The film takes an essay form, describing what is known of her life, using archive footage interspersed with landscape and speculative images and text, probing the practical and political life of women surviving on wit and skill in early twentieth century Europe.

Katharine Meynell · Director

Katharine Meynell · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime23m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 1, 2017

Actors

Eadaoin O’Donohue

Voice Over

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