News from Home

3 December, 2015 - 16:30
Sphinx, Gent
screening

In collaboration with Ghent University - Vakgroep Kunst-, Muziek- en Theaterwetenschappen on the occasion of a course on Art and NYC by Prof. Dr. Steven Jacobs. When we heard of the great loss of Chantal Akerman we decided to present her meditative and captivating film News from Home, to honor the greatest Belgian filmmaker.

News from Home

Chantal Akerman
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BE, DE, FR
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1977
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DCP
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colour
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85'

Letters from Chantal Akerman’s mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) filmmaker and protagonist has relocated. Akerman’s unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban alienation and personal and familial disconnection.