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February 10, 2013 2:28 PM Subscribe
Known affectionately as the Grandmother of the French New Wave, documentary filmmaker Agnes Varda has captured alien, and familiar aspects of life in China [1957], Cuba [1963] and her own memory of of life in France.
DOC Alliance is currently screening 17 of Varda's documentary works until February 17th.
Black Panthers
Daguerreotypes
Diary of a Pregnant Woman
Documenteur
Elsa La Rose
La Pointe Courte
L'Univers de Jacques Demy
Mur Murs
Quelques Veuves de Noirmoutier
Salut les Cubains
The Beaches of Agnes
The Gleaners and I
The So-Called Caryatids
Two Years Later
Uncle Yanco
Women Reply: Our Bodies, Our Sex
Ydessa, The Bears and Etc.
Black Panthers
Daguerreotypes
Diary of a Pregnant Woman
Documenteur
Elsa La Rose
La Pointe Courte
L'Univers de Jacques Demy
Mur Murs
Quelques Veuves de Noirmoutier
Salut les Cubains
The Beaches of Agnes
The Gleaners and I
The So-Called Caryatids
Two Years Later
Uncle Yanco
Women Reply: Our Bodies, Our Sex
Ydessa, The Bears and Etc.
I checked out "Black Panthers" last night, it was really good.
posted by facetious at 2:43 PM on February 10, 2013
posted by facetious at 2:43 PM on February 10, 2013
Really excited that so many of these are available – everything I've seen of hers has been fantastic. "The Gleaners & I" would almost certainly end up on my top-ten-of-the-millennium so far if I bothered to write it out.
posted by with hidden noise at 4:37 PM on February 10, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by with hidden noise at 4:37 PM on February 10, 2013 [1 favorite]
Thanks so much for posting this! Varda is one of my favorite artists in any medium and some of these have been difficult to find in any format.
posted by sophieblue at 4:40 PM on February 10, 2013
posted by sophieblue at 4:40 PM on February 10, 2013
For a split second I feared this would be an obit. Thank God(ard) the divine Ms. Varda still walks among us.
posted by pxe2000 at 4:59 PM on February 10, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by pxe2000 at 4:59 PM on February 10, 2013 [1 favorite]
Yes. Varda is amazing.
posted by shakespeherian at 7:13 PM on February 10, 2013
posted by shakespeherian at 7:13 PM on February 10, 2013
+1 for The Gleaners and I -- one of the best, most narrative and compelling documentaries I've ever seen.
posted by jlittlew at 4:07 AM on February 11, 2013
posted by jlittlew at 4:07 AM on February 11, 2013
She is a brilliant filmmaker. I met her once. She is teensy-tiny and totally charming.
posted by Dr. Wu at 10:45 AM on February 11, 2013
posted by Dr. Wu at 10:45 AM on February 11, 2013
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