Build a Puppet Workshop with Christine McLennan- a Charlotte Culture Block Event

Charlotte based comedienne and artist Christine McLennan is an elusive creature with a unique and hilarious perspective. Although rarely observed in the wild, when she takes the stage you can prepare yourself for a one-of-a-kind experience!

Build a Puppet Workshop with Christine McLennan – Learn the mastery of maneuvering giant sized rod pole puppets and gain knowlege about building one in honor of:

Alice Guy-Blaché

July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer film director. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, she was probably the only female filmmaker in the world.^[4] She experimented with Gaumont‘s Chronophone sync-sound system, and with color-tinting, interracial casting, and special effects.^[5]

She was artistic director and a co-founder of Solax Studios in Flushing, New York. In 1912, Solax invested $100,000 for a new studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the center of American filmmaking prior to the establishment of Hollywood. That year, she made the film A Fool and His Money, probably the first to have an all-African-American cast. The film is now preserved at the National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute for its historical and aesthetic significance.^[6]