Shots From the Canon #1: ‘News From Home’
Every week or so, filmmaker/writer Robert Greene will attempt to push for a new canon of cinematic nonfiction.
Chantal Akerman’s News From Home is hardly ever called a documentary, but it remains one of the most astounding works of nonfiction ever made. Filmed in 1976, after the director’s breakthrough success of Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080…
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