Directed by Chantal Akerman • 1980 • France
For a French television series about grandmothers, Chantal Akerman interviews elderly women who survived the Shoah, including her own mother, whose experience in the Holocaust reverberated throughout the artist’s life and work.
Directed by Chantal Akerman • 1983 • Belgium, France
Starring Pina Bausch
An encounter between two of the most remarkable women artists of the twentieth century, ONE DAY PINA ASKED . . . is Chantal Akerman’s look at the world and work of choreographer Pina Bausch and her dance company. Capturing...
Directed by Chantal Akerman • 1986 • Belgium, France
Starring Delphine Seyrig, Fanny Cottençon, Pascale Salkin
The exuberant enchantments of the singing, dancing musical meet the feminist, formalist sensibility of cinematic visionary Chantal Akerman in this uniquely captivating vision of love an...
Directed by Chantal Akerman • 1989 • Belgium, France
Starring George Bartenieff, Judith Malina, Eszter Balint
Chantal Akerman explores Jewish American identity in this multilayered portrait of the immigrant experience. Shot in Brooklyn near the Williamsburg Bridge, HISTOIRES D’AMÉRIQUE takes the...
