Sunday, August 17, 2014, 4:30 PM
Brooklyn Academy of Music Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Directed by Chris Marker & Pierre Lhomme | 1963
Following the Algerian War in the spring of 1962, Marker and cinematographer Pierre Lhomme took to the streets of Paris to collect the thoughts of an assortment of city dwellers: a seamstress who fashions costumes for cats, a priest-turned-labor activist, and an Algerian youth struggling in the face of racism. The resulting landmark of cinéma vérité—or, as Marker preferred, “ciné, ma vérité”—is both a captivating portrait of a city and a slyly barbed political statement.
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