News from Home
Trailer: News from Home
Year: 1977
Genre: Documentary
Studio: ZDF, Paradise Films, Unité Trois, INA
Director: Chantal Akerman
Cast: Chantal Akerman
Crew: Chantal Akerman (Writer), Chantal Akerman (Director), Guy Cavagnac (Co-Producer), Paule Zadjermann (Assistant Director), Dominique Dalmasso (Sound Editor), Jim Asbell (Director of Photography)

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