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News from Home is a 1976 [1] avant-garde documentary film directed by Chantal Akerman. The film consists of long takes of locations in New York City set to Akerman's voice-over as she reads letters that her mother sent her between 1971 and 1973 when Akerman lived in the city.
8 Jun 1977 · A filmmaker's personal and impersonal images of New York are accompanied by letters from her mother in Brussels. The film explores themes of home, identity, and feminism through Akerman's voice and camera.
A 1976 experimental documentary by Chantal Akerman, who reads letters from her mother over images of Manhattan. The film explores themes of dislocation, estrangement, and personal identity in a minimalist and poetic style.
News From Home. Sweeping scenes of New York City contrasted to the letters from the director's mother in Brussels. Watch News From Home with a subscription on Max, rent on Fandango at...
News from Home. Directed by Chantal Akerman • 1976 • United States. Following her time living in New York in the early 1970s, Chantal Akerman returned to the city to create one of her most elegantly minimalist and profoundly affecting meditations on dislocation and estrangement.
A film by Chantal Akerman that combines images of New York City with letters from her mother in Brussels. The letters express love and loneliness, while the city scenes show isolation and monotony.
News From Home. Chantal Akerman reads letters sent to her from her mother in Belgium, against a tableau of shots of 1970s New York. Documentary 1976 89 mins Not rated. Director: Chantal Akerman. CC. Subscribe to watch. Overview Overview.
