FROM THE EAST

Thursday, October 29
Doors at 7:30pm
$9

Chantal Akerman's FROM THE EAST at Monkey Town

FROM THE EAST traces a journey from the end of summer to deepest winter, from East Germany, across Poland and the Baltics, to Moscow. It is a voyage Chantal Akerman made shortly after the collapse of the Soviet bloc "before it was too late," reconstructing her impressions in the manner of a documentary on the border of fiction.
By filming "everything that touched me," Akerman sifts through and fixes upon sounds and images as she follows the thread of this subjective crossing. Without dialogue or commentary, FROM THE EAST is a cinematographic elegy.

Icarus Films releases FROM THE EAST on DVD October 6th. DVDs will be available for sale at the screening.

Monkey Town serves fantastic food and drink, by the way.