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Your mom's voicemails, but make it devastating art cinema.
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IMDb
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Rotten Tomatoes
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News from Home (1977)

experimentalintimatelonely

Overview

Documentary

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.

Flag of BEBEFrench
Content warning
woman director

Standout Aspects

Direction

Akerman's static NYC tableaux are devastatingly patient.

Sound

Her flat voice reading mother's guilt-trips is the real score.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you miss someone you can't call.·Rewatch: Second viewing hits harder. Trust me.
Heads up:Emotional: Quietly crushing if you've ever left home.
Chantal Akerman

Director

Chantal Akerman

ReleasedMay 20, 1977
Runtime1h 29m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitylow
Tonemixed
Feelheavy
INA
ZDF

Top Cast

Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman

Narrator (voice)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Akerman shot this during her early NYC years, living off $8 a day. Her mother never visited.

Cultural

This prefigured 'texts from mom' cinema by decades. The guilt is universal, the form is revolutionary.

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AFS PRESENTS: NEWS FROM HOME

AFS PRESENTS: NEWS FROM HOME

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