The cooperative is also known for creating Les Misères de l'aiguille (Miseries of the Needle) (1914), likely the first feminist film, and La Commune!
[3] Both the anarchists and the conservative Catholics[4] quickly came to embrace film production and distribution, concluding that this new invention was a highly effective way to share their ideas.
[6] Additionally, many revolutionary syndicalists—a movement closely aligned with anarchism—showed interest in the project and supported it, joining forces with the anarchists, who made up the majority of the group.
[1] Among the anarchists who subscribed were Yves Bidamant, Robert Guérard, Paul Benoist, Gustave Cauvin, Félix Chevalier, Henriette Tilly, and Charles-Ange Laisant.
Other prominent anarchists also joined the project, including Lucien Descaves,[8] Jean Grave, Pierre Martin, and Sébastien Faure.
It will remain in constant ideological alignment with various proletarian groups based on the class struggle, aiming for the abolition of wage labor through economic and social transformation.The organization produced a number of films and achieved some success.
[1] Among the actresses involved in their productions were Lina Clamour and Marion Desclos, while actors included figures such as Fred Michelet.