---
title: 'News from Home (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Chantal Akerman'
released: '1976-12-16'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/news-from-home-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076452/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# News from Home (1976)

1976 · 89 min · Documentary · Germany, France, Belgium


## Synopsis

News from Home is a 1976 avant-garde documentary film directed by Chantal Akerman. The film consists of long takes of locations in New York City set to Akerman's voice-over as she reads letters that her mother sent her between 1971 and 1973 when Akerman lived in the city.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Chantal Akerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/chantal-akerman)
- **Screenplay:** [Chantal Akerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/chantal-akerman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Babette Mangolte](https://cinepixo.com/people/babette-mangolte)
- **Editor:** [Francine Sandberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/francine-sandberg)

## Cast

- [Chantal Akerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/chantal-akerman)

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