Stills from two of Chantal Akerman’s films – American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy and From the East – are projected at a slow pace.
Photos selected by Chantal Akerman.
Faces stare out at us.
Sitting by their side, I watch them and play.
Alternating Prayers, dances, and cadenzas, the voice of my cello begins to converse with them.
I sense that they are responding, and a mysterious dialogue gradually takes shape...
- Sonia Wieder-Atherton
The restored print of D'Est will also be screened on November 16th as a companion screening.
With the support of the Consulat général de France à Québec and in collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA)