Degas And Pissarro Fall Out

Record ID: 121132
  • Title: Degas And Pissarro Fall Out
  • Date: 1st March 1994
  • Summary: ARTISTS DEGAS (MICHAEL PENNINGTON) AND PISSARRO (HENRY GOODMAN) ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE INFAMOUS DREYFUS AFFAIR IN AN EDITION OF A FICTIONAL YET STRANGELY FAMILIAR TELEVISION ARTS PROGRAMME. AS PRESENTER ALISON STEADMAN TRIES TO HOLD THE PROGRAMME TOGETHER, POLITICS AND THE PRESSURE OF LIVE TELEVISION CONSPIRE AGAINST THEM ALL. THE DREYFUS AFFAIR, WHICH OCCURRED 100 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR SAW THE FRENCH ARMY OFFICER UNJUSTLY SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT ON THE INFAMOUS DEVIL'S ISLAND. THE AFFAIR IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS INSTANCES OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN MODERN HISTORY.
  • Description:THE STORY OF DEGAS AND PISSARRO'S FRIENDSHIP AND THEIR FALL-OUT OVER THE DREYFUS AFFAIR.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Feature Films
  • Producer:APT Film and Television LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:01/03/1994
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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