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Sadie and the Artists (The women who got away with it)

  • Directed by Sarah Myland | Produced by Violet Pictures
  • Feature Documentary | In Development

Sadie Lee (Private View), queer lesbian artist, the unique and challenging portrait painter - a thinker - an educator - a musician - a DJ - a wit and a raconteur.  She is the interrogator of the often obscure history of Queer Feminist & Lesbian Art and those artists who worked in the shadow of their male counterparts.   

These fascinating and extraordinary women will be laid bare by Sadie, who will reveal the life behind each artist through an exploration of their work, their relationship to gender and sexuality, their lovers, their ‘wives’, their intrigues and perversions. 

Artists included are Rosa Bonheur, Claude Cajun, Sigrid Blomberg, Romaine Brooks, "Marlow" Moss, Gluck and Tamara de Lempicka.

Left to right on holding image: Tamara de Lempicka’s Portrait de Marjorie Ferry, 1931; the artist wearing a dress by Marcel Rochas, circa 1931; La Musicienne, 1929.

In Development
Release
2026
Dir
Sarah Myland
Run time
70 mins
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