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“When people ask me if I am a feminist film maker, I reply I am a woman and I also make films.” — Chantal Akerman

Summary by sheilaomalley.com
It’s her birthday today. The news of the death of pioneering Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman in 2015 came as a shock. She was young. 65 years old. Even worse, it was reported as a potential suicide. Either way, it was heartbreaking to lose her. The impact of Akerman’s 1975 film Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles was such that it almost feels like its consequent fall – like not included on round-ups of great 20th century films…
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sheilaomalley.com broke the news in on Friday, June 6, 2025.
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