South
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Chantal Akerman
Claire Atherton
Xavier Carniaux
Thierry Dehalleux
Raymond Fromont
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A film about the South of the United States, a journey undertaken after the murder of James Byrd Jr by three white men. This is not an analysis of this killing, or of the history of lynchings, but rather a consideration of how this death has been inscribed on the countryside: how silences can suddenly seem menacing, how nature can evoke death, blood and history, how the South of the present can evoke the South of the past.
Director
Chantal Akerman
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 12-23, 1999.
Shown at Double Take Documentary Film Festival April 6-9, 2000.
Shown at Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival in New York City November 12-20, 1999.
digital video
color
dialogue English
