Part 3: in correspondence (ft. Lakshmi Padmanabhan)

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The Akerman Year

Simon Howell and Kate Rennebohm

12 episodes

8 months ago

Chantal Akerman's work stretched across mediums, formats, modes, concerns, countries, and production models, but only a handful of them have actually been seen by most cinephiles, especially in North America. In this monthly miniseries, we (Kate, Simon, and an assortment of special guests) will make a comprehensive case for Akerman as belonging on any list of the great artists of the last century -- not only for her relatively "famous" works, but also for her dozens of much-less-seen projects.

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Part 3: in correspondence (ft. Lakshmi Padmanabhan)

The Akerman Year

1 hour 45 minutes 12 seconds

3 years ago

Part 3: in correspondence (ft. Lakshmi Padmanabhan)

This month, we're joined by Lakshmi Padmanabhan to discuss two films centered around the acts of letter-reading: first up is the widely heralded News From Home, Akerman's 1976 feature juxtaposing the letters her mother wrote to her in the early 70s with contemporary images of New York life. After that, we zoom ahead a decade to look at her less well-known (and much less-seen) Letters Home, a filmed adaptation of a play derived from Sylvia Plath's correspondences with her mother.

Non-Akerman works referenced this month:
BLKNWS (2019, d. Khalil Joseph)
Nasir (2020, d. Arun Karthik)
Taxi Driver (1976, d. Martin Scorsese)
God Told Me To (1976, d. Larry Choen)

Music used in this episode: dEUS, Blondie, News From Babel.

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Our intro music is performed by Sundar Subramanian. You can stream and buy his work here: https://sundarsubramanian.bandcamp.com/