Film Screening
Jenny Perlin presents Chantal Akerman's, News From Home, 1976 - 77, (85 mins). Chantal Akerman is one of the most significant filmmakers of her generation, and a leading visionaire in experimental cinema since the early seventies. In News From Home, letters from Akerman's mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) filmmaker and protagonist has relocated. This unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban alienation and personal and familial disconnection. 8 february, 6.30 pm.