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1976
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7.3/10

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The Oscar-winning actress shares a special list of films that inspire hope in an effort to help support those without a place to call home amidst our global health crisis.

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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.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.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.

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Chantal Akerman

Self - Letter Reader
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- Chantal Akerman
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- Chantal Akerman
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When Akerman's mother writes her father lost 300,000 francs due to a client's bankruptcy, that would equate to about $8,300 at the time or $38,100 in 2019.

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Herself - Letter Reader: I received your screenplay. It's well-written, but you know my taste: I find it sad and gloomy. Those people sure have a hard life. It's an important social issue. I hope it will turn out well. The public must be made aware of all this suffering that you young people see so clearly.

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10/10

A seminal work by a groundbreaking filmmaker

This is a seminal work by Akerman that re-examines the relationship between camera and voice - the documented and the personal, expressing the spirit of mid 1970s New York.