Chantal Akerman

This retrospective monograph documents the career of director Chantal Akerman (born 1950), who made her breakthrough in 1975 with "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles," a film about the everyday activities of a housewife. Her work since then has continued to investigate ideas of biog [...]
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This retrospective monograph documents the career of director Chantal Akerman (born 1950), who made her breakthrough in 1975 with "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles," a film about the everyday activities of a housewife. Her work since then has continued to investigate ideas of biography, gender, identity and memory.