Claire Atherton Movies

  • 1999
    South

    South

    South

    6.21999HD

    Chantal Akerman investigates the American Deep South through the story of a lynching and grisly murder of an African-American man that took place in...

    South
  • 2009
    East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    82009HD

    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...

    East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton
  • 1986
    Les racistes ne sont pas nos potes, les violeurs non plus

    Les racistes ne sont pas nos potes, les violeurs non plus

    Les racistes ne sont pas nos potes, les violeurs non plus

    01986HD

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

    Les racistes ne sont pas nos potes, les violeurs non plus
  • 1986
    Mallet-Stevens Street

    Mallet-Stevens Street

    Mallet-Stevens Street

    01986HD

    Commissioned for the centenary of the famous French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens and shot on the street that bears his name in Paris'...

    Mallet-Stevens Street
  • 2010
    Witches, My Sisters

    Witches, My Sisters

    Witches, My Sisters

    02010HD

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

    Witches, My Sisters
  • 2006
    Down There

    Down There

    Down There

    4.92006HD

    Akerman spends a brief period on her own in an apartment by the sea in Tel Aviv. She films from the apartment and in her narration she talks about...

    Down There
  • 2015
    Who killed Ali Ziri ?

    Who killed Ali Ziri ?

    Who killed Ali Ziri ?

    4.52015HD

    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...

    Who killed Ali Ziri ?
  • 2013
    Hungry Man

    Hungry Man

    Hungry Man

    6.52013HD

    This story of an unexpected encounter between a young boy and a wounded foreigner somewhere in the Romanian wilderness is a parable about the freedom...

    Hungry Man
  • 1997
    The Day When...

    The Day When...

    The Day When...

    71997HD

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

    The Day When...
  • 2003
    From the Other Side

    From the Other Side

    From the Other Side

    6.92003HD

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

    From the Other Side
  • 2025
    The Vanishing Point

    The Vanishing Point

    The Vanishing Point

    02025HD

    Exiled from Iran after the ban on her 2009 film about the Green Movement, a filmmaker breaks her family’s decades-long silence about a...

    The Vanishing Point
  • 2020
    Alterations – Kō Murobushi

    Alterations – Kō Murobushi

    Alterations – Kō Murobushi

    02020HD

    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...

    Alterations – Kō Murobushi
  • 2012
    My Mother Laughs Prelude

    My Mother Laughs Prelude

    My Mother Laughs Prelude

    02012HD

    “My mother laughs prelude” is a performance from the book that Chantal made about her mother. In 2013, Akerman’s mother was dying....

    My Mother Laughs Prelude
  • 2010
    Detroit: Wild City

    Detroit: Wild City

    Detroit: Wild City

    6.62010HD

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

    Detroit: Wild City
  • 2010
    Mafrouza/Heart

    Mafrouza/Heart

    Mafrouza/Heart

    02010HD

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

    Mafrouza/Heart
  • 2022
    Didier’s Letters

    Didier’s Letters

    Didier’s Letters

    02022HD

    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...

    Didier’s Letters
  • 2022
    Intermede

    Intermede

    Intermede

    02022HD

    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...

    Intermede