(BBC/Arts Council 1989)

Film screening (12:30 - 13:30) and panel discussion (14:00 - 15:00)

Imogen Sutton’s prize-winning documentary Daughters of de Beauvoir (BBC/Arts Council) interweaves Simone de Beauvoir’s life with those of the women she influenced through her life and work – in particular through The Second Sex. As well as archive footage of de Beauvoir with Jean-Paul Sartre, the film includes exclusive interviews with writers Kate Millett and Marge Piercy. After the screening Ann Oakley and Angie Pegg, who both contributed to the documentary, join Imogen Sutton and broadcaster Harriett Gilbert for a panel to discuss what Simone de Beauvoir’s writing means today.

Speaker biography:

Ann Oakley is a writer and a sociologist. She has written both novels and many non-fiction books. She is best known for her work on sex and gender, housework, childbirth and feminist social science. In 2011 the British Sociological Association gave her one of their first Lifetime Achievement Awards for her extraordinary contribution to the history of the development of sociology in Britain.

Angie Pegg was born in 1950 and lived in Malawi until moving to England in the mid-1960s. She studied philosophy, and went on to teach English and drama until her retirement. In 2006 she gained an MA in Creative Writing from UEA, and has written two novels and some poetry. She now runs a regular writing group. Pegg is still proud to call herself a feminist, having been influenced by many great women, including Simone de Beauvoir.

Imogen Sutton is an award-winning film producer and director, whose documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 include Daughters of de Beauvoir. Her work in animation includes the best-selling Animator’s Survival Kit. She has just produced a new animated short, Prologue.

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