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Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman

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A filmmaker’s self-portrait, asking hard questions of herself and of us. Invoking Aurore Clément as a kind of stand-in or proxy, a glamorous counterpart to Akerman who sports a drawn-on moustache. What is cinema for? Who is it for? If the Mosaic prohibition on making graven images includes film images, then where does that leave a Jewish filmmaker?

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What is Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman (1984) about?

A filmmaker’s self-portrait, asking hard questions of herself and of us. Invoking Aurore Clément as a kind of stand-in or proxy, a glamorous counterpart to Akerman who sports a drawn-on moustache. What is cinema for? Who is it for? If the Mosaic prohibition on making graven images includes film images, then where does that leave a Jewish filmmaker?

Who stars in Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman?

Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman stars Chantal Akerman (Self), Aurore Clément (Self). The film was directed by Chantal Akerman.

How long is Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman?

Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman has a runtime of 8 min and premiered in 1984.

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