E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo
In a cinema letter to Jean Vigo, Lynne Sachs ponders the French filmmaker’s 1933 classic Zéro de conduite, in which school boys wage an anarchist rebellion against their authoritarian teachers. Thinking about the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol by right-wing activists, Sachs wonders how both innocent play and calculated protest can quickly turn into chaos and violence.
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E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo
- Overview
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Status
Released
Release Date
Mar 15, 2021
Runtime
0h 5m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo
Production Companies
Punto de Vista
Director
Lynne Sachs
Description
In a cinema letter to Jean Vigo, Lynne Sachs ponders the French filmmaker’s 1933 classic Zéro de conduite, in which school boys wage an anarchist rebellion against their authoritarian teachers. Thinking about the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol by right-wing activists, Sachs wonders how both innocent play and calculated protest can quickly turn into chaos and violence.
