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News from Home

Write to me, itโ€™s all I ask.

197689 minutesDocumentaryDirected by Chantal Akerman
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About the film

News from Home at a glance.

Screen Path places this 1976 film at stop 139 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.

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.

Principal cast

Chantal Akerman

Key craft credits

Babette Mangolte (director of photography), Jim Asbell (director of photography) and Francine Sandberg (editor)

Director
Chantal Akerman
Release
1977-05-20
Runtime
89 minutes
Genres
Documentary
Country
Belgium
Quiz
20 questions
The Screen Path journey

Before. After. Remember.

The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.

01

Before you watch

Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.

Spoiler-free
02

After the film

Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.

Contains spoilers
03

Quiz yourself

Answer 20 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.

20 questions in this journey

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Full cast

Full cast

  • Chantal AkermanCharacter: Narrator (voice)
Full crew

Full crew

  • Chantal AkermanCredits: Writer, Director
  • Guy CavagnacCredits: Co-Producer
  • Paule ZadjermannCredits: Assistant Director
  • Dominique DalmassoCredits: Sound Editor
  • Jim AsbellCredits: Director of Photography
  • Babette MangolteCredits: Director of Photography
  • Larry HaasCredits: Sound
  • Alain DahanCredits: Producer
  • Epp KotkasCredits: Assistant Director
  • Liliane de KermadecCredits: Co-Producer
  • Francine SandbergCredits: Editor

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