Film Forum

France, 1981
Directed by Agnès Varda
Starring Sabine Mamou, Mathieu Demy
In English and French with English subtitles 
Approx. 65 min.

Made by Varda while in Los Angeles after breaking up with her husband, Jacques Demy, this impressionistic narrative about Emilie, a French woman trying to rebuild her life while fighting ennui, is clearly a personal work, with Varda’s son Mathieu Demy playing Emilie’s son. The music is by Georges Delerue.

Preceded by
Uncle Yanco
France, 1967
Directed by Agnès Varda
In English and French with English subtitles 
Approx. 18 mins.

In California during the Summer of Love, Varda tracks down a long-lost Greek relative, delighted to find that he’s a kindred spirit, a painter and bohemian living on a Sausalito houseboat.

and
Black Panthers
France, 1968
Directed by Agnès Varda
Approx. 28 mins.

Varda takes a clear-eyed, sympathetic look at the Black Panthers in the summer of 1968, as they organize to free leader Huey Newton from prison, talk about cultural pride, their battles with the police, and their promotion of cultural pride.

Presented with support from The George Fasel Memorial Fund for Classic French Cinema and The Richard Brick, Geri Ashur, and Sara Bershtel Fund for Social Justice Documentaries

Reviews

“Spare narrative involves a French woman living in L.A. with her son, suffering from loneliness since her man has split. With much voice-over narration of a poetic, word association type, her moods are expressed, accompanied by well-chosen minimalist shots of the city and beach.”
– Variety