News from Home (1977)

Directed by Chantal Akerman

News from Home movie poster

Impersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.

Genre: Documentary

Language: fr

Countries: Belgium, France, Germany

Production

Cinematographers: Jim Asbell, Babette Mangolte · Editor: Francine Sandberg

Production: ZDF

No screenings currently available. Check back for future screenings.

View on IMDb · View on Letterboxd

More Like This, Screening in LA

From the Other SideLos Feliz TheatreFrom the Other Side (2003)One Day Pina Asked...Los Feliz TheatreOne Day Pina Asked... (1989)Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano SonatasLos Feliz TheatreFranz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas (1989)Three Stanzas on the Name of SacherLos Feliz TheatreThree Stanzas on the Name of Sacher (1989)The HammerLos Feliz TheatreThe Hammer (1986)Harry Dean Stanton: Partly FictionVidiotsHarry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2013)

If You Like News from Home…

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 BruxellesJeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976)The Meetings of AnnaThe Meetings of Anna (1978)No Home MovieNo Home Movie (2016)Hotel MontereyHotel Monterey (1973)SouthSouth (1999)Down ThereDown There (2006)The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married WomanThe Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman (1971)Tell MeTell Me (1980)The Man with the SuitcaseThe Man with the Suitcase (1983)From the EastFrom the East (1993)The EightiesThe Eighties (1985)Making of Tomorrow We MoveMaking of Tomorrow We Move (2004)