Icarus Films announced this past week that a four-film
collection showcasing the work of the late Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman
will be available on DVD this coming Mar. 29.
Titled Chantal Akerman: Four Films, this unique
collection of her work includes her avant-garde
documentaries From the East (1993, a visual exploration of Eastern Europe
after the Berlin Wall came down) and From the Other Side (2003,
highlighting the plight of illegal Mexican emigrants who elect to make the
deadly trek through the Arizona desert).
South (1999) is an intense portrait of Jasper, Texas in the
wake of the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr. by white supremacists on June 7,
1998. His murder was horrific in that
he was tied to the back of their pickup truck and drug for three miles. Of note, Akerman’s film ends by retracing
the entire three-mile route so that the viewer can envision Byrd’s final
moments.
The fourth film in the Chantal Akerman: Four Films
collection is titled Down There (2006), where she
chronicles her melancholy moments spent in a Tel Aviv apartment.
As to bonus goodies, Icarus Films has included documentary
filmmakers Gustavo Beck and Leonardo Luiz Ferreira’s 2010 film Chantal
Akerman, From Here. This
intimate piece features Akerman discussing her career and her films … this is a
terrific companion piece to this collection of her works assembled by Icarus
Films.
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