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"Voyeuristic, non-narrative yet gorgeously emotive ‘documentary’ capturing impressionistic scenes from 90’s post-Soviet life. From Berlin to Moscow; haunting shots of endless commutes, domestic chores, dancing, troubled faces and poetic moments of stillness in a fast-changing reality. A sublime break from hard facts and historical detail, From the East is a masterpiece of wordless storytelling."
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A event held at The Cube on Wednesday 10th May. The event starts at 18:30.
Join us at The Cube cinema for the a screening of Chantal Akerman’s From the East (1993).
Following the demolition of the Berlin Wall, Chantal Akerman captures the reality and mutation of former Soviet territories, shot from summer through to winter in a series of travelling shots or with a static camera.
From East Germany to Moscow, passing through Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, she records the bodies and faces of the anonymous masses, their expressions unreadable, either walking or simply waiting for who knows what. She films buildings, landscapes, snow, and nightfall, and offers a mass of visual and aural impressions that constitute a bewitching, impressionistic poem.
From the East is shown at The Cube cinema on the occasion of Ayo Akingbade’s exhibition Show Me The World Mister at Spike Island.
Partners & Supporters
The screening is organised in collaboration with Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique and WEVAA
Accessibility
https://cubecinema.com/pages/about/accessibility/
Image credit: Chantal Akerman, From the East (1993), film still. Courtesy Fondation Chantal Akerman.
Image description: A man in a red tank top and jeans sitting on a bench against a grey wall with a bottle of beer on the ground.
Entry requirements:
Following the demolition of the Berlin Wall, Chantal Akerman captures the reality and mutation of former Soviet territories, shot from summer through to winter in a series of travelling shots or with a static camera.
From East Germany to Moscow, passing through Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, she records the bodies and faces of the anonymous masses, their expressions unreadable, either walking or simply waiting for who knows what. She films buildings, landscapes, snow, and nightfall, and offers a mass of visual and aural impressions that constitute a bewitching, impressionistic poem.
From the East is shown at The Cube cinema on the occasion of Ayo Akingbade’s exhibition Show Me The World Mister at Spike Island.
Partners & Supporters
The screening is organised in collaboration with Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique and WEVAA
Accessibility
https://cubecinema.com/pages/about/accessibility/
Image credit: Chantal Akerman, From the East (1993), film still. Courtesy Fondation Chantal Akerman.
Image description: A man in a red tank top and jeans sitting on a bench against a grey wall with a bottle of beer on the ground.
Entry requirements:
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