Claire Atherton Movies

Janine Bazin and André Labarthe approached Chantal Akerman about making a film for the series; eagerly, Akerman proposed a number of...

A documentary look at the fate of Mexicans who cross the border into the United States.

The American military forces has a long tradition of cooperation with the movie industry. Movie studios can save millions of dollars by securing use...

Far from their former reality, in an ancient now deserted palace, a group of men and women share their life stories and explain how they survived,...

An analysis of the work of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman (1950-2015), an experimental and innovative artist, both in content and form, who has...

A filmed adaptation of Rose Leiman Goldemberg’s play, based on Sylvia Plath’s intense correspondence with her mother Aurelia, from the...

Presented in 2 parts, this 83 minute piece documents Wieder-Atherton's idea to do a set of pieces from across central and eastern Europe, including...

Witches, devil's hooks, firebrands ... Who are these women who embody the danger of the times? Feminists for sure, sometimes underground and singular...

After a series of rapes in broad daylight in 1985, a demonstration takes place in September. Leaflets accuse the "immigrant criminal underworld."...

Images of a small boatyard, somewhere in Greece. Between the repairs and the boats’ departures, a team of men haul them ashore and set them...

Chantal Akerman reads a script detailing the woes that befell her on the day she thought about "The Future of Cinema". The camera continuously...

A documentary exploring the rise and fall of Detroit. Compiling historical footage and interviews with the city's residents, this meditative...

A film that comprises in itself a form of dance – rather than a film about dance; an encounter between film and dance – rather than a...

A brother writes to his sister. A brother loves his sister. is it true that one can keep a young woman through writing? The ambition is great. A...

The people of the Mafrouza shantytown in Alexandria daily reconstruct themselves and the world around them, but they also question the camera, who...

One year after the death of Simone de Beauvoir (14 april 1986) Delphine Seyrig pays homage by visiting her grave. which she finds still covered with...

This documentary follows 5 years of struggle for truth and justice after the murder of 69-year-old Ali Ziri by the french police, covered by the...