This event is in the past.It took place on April 19, 2026 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Documentary
DocumentaryDistant Relative: News from Home and Measures of Distance
Downtown Berkeley
Two haunting films turn mother-daughter letters into art. Akerman's News from Home pairs New York street scenes with her mother's voice, while Hatoum's Measures of Distance projects Arabic script onto skin to trace exile's ache.
avant-garde film
mother-daughter stories
experimental cinema
art house screening
Tips
🎬"epistolary relationships resonate with Cha's Dictée" (Tausif Noor)
📜Arabic text projected on skin as scrim
🎟️free for UC Berkeley students
Distant Relative: News from Home and Measures of Distance
Downtown Berkeley
DocumentaryDocumentaryTwo haunting films turn mother-daughter letters into art. Akerman's News from Home pairs New York street scenes with her mother's voice, while Hatoum's Measures of Distance projects Arabic script onto skin to trace exile's ache.
avant-garde film
mother-daughter stories
experimental cinema
art house screening
Tips
🎬"epistolary relationships resonate with Cha's Dictée" (Tausif Noor)
📜Arabic text projected on skin as scrim
🎟️free for UC Berkeley students
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