Sonoma Film Institute: The Gleaners and I

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Date
Nov 8, 2024 , 7:00pm
Location
Darwin Hall 102
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Sonoma Film Institute
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FREE / $5 Donation suggested
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707-664-2606

Agnès Varda’s extraordinary late-career renaissance began with this wonderfully idiosyncratic, self-reflexive documentary in which the ever-curious French cinema icon explores the little-known world of modern-day gleaners: those living on the margins who survive by foraging for that which society throws away. Embracing the intimacy and freedom of digital filmmaking, Varda posits herself as a kind of gleaner of images and ideas, one whose generous, expansive vision makes room for ruminations on everything from aging to the birth of cinema to the beauty of heart-shaped potatoes. By turns playful, philosophical, and subtly political, THE GLEANERS AND I is a warmly human reflection on the contradictions of our consumerist world from an artist who, like her subjects, finds unexpected richness where few think to look. (2000, 82 min., in French w/English subtitles)

TRAILER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn8nHJTb_LY

Film poster for 'Gleaners'
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