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1 online resource (82 minuges) |
Summary |
Directed by Agnes Varda French Avant-garde filmmaker and documentarian, Agnes Varda trains her ever-seeking eye on "gleaners", those who pick at already harvested fields for the odd potato or turnip, who insist on finding a use for what society has determined it has no use for. Her investigation leads us from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets in Paris where her diverse and resourceful subjects share their lifestyle and choices. Varda's own ruminations on her life as a filmmaker (a gleaner of sorts), gives her a connection to her subjects that creates a touching human portrait that the L.A. Weekly called "a protest film that's part social critique, part travelogue, but always an unsentimental celebration of human resilience" |
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In Process Record |
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Originally produced by Potential Films in 2000 |
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In French |
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Gleaning -- France
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Ragpickers -- France
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Marginality, Social.
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Salvage (Waste, etc.) -- France
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Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- France
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Subsistence economy -- France
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Gleaning
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Marginality, Social
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Ragpickers
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Recycling (Waste, etc.)
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Salvage (Waste, etc.)
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Subsistence economy
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France
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documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Kanopy (Firm)
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