Three Films by Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman was one of cinema’s most original postwar auteurs, obsessively chronicling the legacy of her ancestors. We're delighted to be screening three rarely-shown documentaries from her extensive career.

Chantal Akerman Season

D’Est (From the East)

Showing on Sat 22 Feb

Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chantal Akerman traces a journey to East Germany to Moscow, capturing the collapsing Soviet bloc.

Chantal Akerman Season

Sud (South)

Showing on Sun 02 Mar

Sud paints a picture of racism in the South and the legacy of slavery - as searingly relevant today as when released in 1999.