Coco Chanel

BBC Worldwide Ltd., (production company.). Films Media Group, (film distributor.).

Summary: Grace Kelly, Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, Indira Gandhi, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek were worshipped, loved and sometimes even feared by millions the world over. These pioneers showed that a woman could be the equal of a man but behind the public success, there was often private heartache and personal tragedy. This series, featuring archive interviews and dramatic re-enactment, reveals the price these women paid for their achievements, and adversities they overcame to emerge as triumphant, inspirational icons of the 20th century. This documentary examines the life of fashion designer Coco Chanel, who rose from poverty to revolutionize women's styles in the early 20th century. Financed by wealthy lovers, she launched her label during World War I and became a Nazi collaborator to save it during World War II, before staging a career comeback in the 1950s.

Record details

Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (1 video file (48 min. 35 sec.)) : sound, color.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2011]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : distributed by Films Media Group, 2015.
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 01, 2015.
Formatted Contents Note:	Coco Chanel Overview (1:53) -- Childhood in Poverty (2:05) -- Career Beginnings (3:21) -- A Kept Woman (3:37) -- First Venture (3:30) -- Deauville Boutique (2:11) -- Wartime Fashion (2:33) -- Expanding Business (2:58) -- Reinvention (2:19) -- Paris Affairs (1:54) -- Flapper Era (2:14) -- German Occupation (3:52) -- Nazi Collaboration (3:55) -- Turning Tide (4:04) -- Switzerland Safe Haven (1:38) -- Style Comeback (3:09) -- House of Chanel Success (2:12) -- Credits: Coco Chanel: Extraordinary Women (0:47)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions: NLC students and staff only. Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description (Films Media Group, February 13 2016)