Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman

September 24–October 29, 2017

We pay tribute to the late filmmaker with a selection of her most autobiographical works, which combine formal rigor with empathy and insight.

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  • Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

  • Je, tu, il, elle

  • Les rendez-vous d’Anna

  • No Home Movie

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  • Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    Chantal Akerman
    Belgium, France, 1975
    Sunday, September 24 5 PM

    The repetitive domestic routines of a bourgeois widow become a source of visceral suspense in Akerman’s landmark of feminist filmmaking.

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  • No Home Movie

    Chantal Akerman
    Belgium, France, 2015
    Sunday, October 1 7 PM

    Akerman’s ultra-personal final work reflects on history, distance, memory, and intimacy, and reaffirms her inextricable relationship with her mother, a Holocaust survivor.

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  • Je, tu, il, elle

    Chantal Akerman
    France, Belgium, 1974

    Digital Restoration

    Sunday, October 8 7 PM

    In her first feature, Akerman plunges into the themes—desire, longing, intimacy, and estrangement—that she would continue to plumb throughout her career. With Akerman’s debut short, Saute ma ville.

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  • News from Home

    Chantal Akerman
    France, 1977

    Digital Restoration

    Thursday, October 19 7 PM
    Introduction by Jon Davies

    New York City, imposing and anonymous, serves as the visual counterpoint to Akerman’s reading of her own mother’s letters in this personal, gorgeously photographed film. With short La chambre.

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  • Man with a Suitcase

    Chantal Akerman
    France, 1983

    BAMPFA Student Committee Pick!

    Sunday, October 22 3:45 PM

    Akerman’s brilliantly funny comedy of manners could be the cinema’s most eloquent evocation of Sartre’s observation, “Hell is other people.” With Akerman’s self-portrait in film clips, Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman.

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  • Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    Chantal Akerman
    Belgium, France, 1975
    Friday, October 27 7 PM

    The repetitive domestic routines of a bourgeois widow become a source of visceral suspense in Akerman’s landmark of feminist filmmaking.

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  • Les rendez-vous d’Anna

    Chantal Akerman
    France, Belgium, West Germany, 1978

    Digital Restoration

    Sunday, October 29 7 PM

    Akerman’s semi-autobiographical work depicts the travels of a filmmaker on tour in Europe with a new film, and brings up an entire history of migrations and social changes in Europe.

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