News from Home
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.
Starring Chantal Akerman
Watch "News from Home" from streaming services Hulu Plus, Criterion Channel released in 1977. It's a documentary and drama movie, and has a rating of 7.3 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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