Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada
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Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada   produced and directed by Tom Neff

When this documentary was filmed in Ojai, California in 1992 Beatrice was a one hundred year old internationally recognized artist who had led a truly remarkable life. As one of the core members of the renegade dada art movement in the 1910's in New York,  Beatrice Wood  was intimately involved with Marcel Duchamp and Henri Pierre Roché, whose novel Jules et Jim is based on the relationship between the three of them. Beatrice Wood was Duchamp's muse, and she was the last surviving link to those heady times. In 1962 the novel was adapted for the silver screen and made into the film Jules et Jim that starred Jeanne Moreau and Oskar Werner. It was directed by François Truffaut.

The film was the winner of the CINE Golden Eagle and was the first American film to win the Golden Panda award at the Sichuan Television Festival, Chengdu China. The film appeared nationally on PBS in late 1993.

Of note is that Beatrice served as the inspiration for the character "Rose," in the film Titanic. The director, James Cameron, spent quality time with Beatrice before filming Titanic.  Hence, the music in the background is from the soundtrack of Titanic.  So, turn your speakers on and enjoy.

Tom Neff produced and directed this film.

Unless indicated, Lou Delgado is the photographer.

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MUSIC     Background MIDI: "Love Theme from Titanic," by James Horner.    (Need to use the EXPLORER browser.)
Beatrice Wood Studios, Ojai, Calif.			Producer and Director Tom Neff and Beatrice Wood Is not Beatrice coquetish?
"Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada" Appeared: Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC Smithsonian Institute, Reanick Gallery Mingei Museum of Folk Art, San Diego Santa Barbara Film Festival Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Leisure World-Seal Beach Cable Detroit Institute of the Arts National Gallery, Landover, Maryland Rocky Mt. Women's Film Festival, Colorado Springs Shandu Internationl Film Festival, China U.C.L.A., Los Angeles CINE MUSE, NYC Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Visit this site which discusses "Aesthetic Realism" and Beatrice Wood. Women's Dissatisfaction--Can It Be Beautiful?			Beatrice Wood on the Potter's Wheel Got clay? Tom Neff is the photog.
			Profile of Beatrice Wood, the Mama of Dada Beatrice had a joy of life that was contagious.