Shots From the Canon #1: ‘News From Home’

Every week or so, filmmaker/writer Robert Greene will attempt to push for a new canon of cinematic nonfiction.

Chantal Akerman’s News From Home is hardly ever called a documentary, but it remains one of the most astounding works of nonfiction ever made. Filmed in 1976, after the director’s breakthrough success of Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080…