Seminar: Chocolat (1988)

30mins
Body

One of a handful of filmmakers who can credibly lay claim to the title of World’s Greatest Living Director, Claire Denis creates films that speak as much through words as they do through movement, rhythm, and texture.

We're thrilled to kick off our new Claire Denis: Cinéma Courageux series with an overview of the singular French filmmaker, led by UMASS Boston Cinema Studies Professor Sarah Keller. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Sarah Keller is professor of art and cinema studies at UMass Boston. She co-edited Jean Epstein: Critical Essays and New Translations (Amsterdam University Press, 2012), and her books include Maya Deren: Incomplete Control (Columbia University Press, 2014), Anxious Cinephilia: Pleasure and Peril at the Movies (Columbia University Press, 2020), and Barbara Hammer: Pushing Out of the Frame (Wayne State University Press, 2021). She is founder and organizer of the Boston Cinema/Media Seminar

Films

1hr 45mins

Claire Denis' absorbing feature debut based on her childhood growing up in colonial French Africa.