Winter Movie Rec Series

This film was my first introduction to the word Gleaning! While I had been gleaning for some time in different ways in my day to day life, I wasn't aware of this concept and the broader community that surrounds it. This  documentary is made my the talented Agnes Varda and  features various types of gleaning.

"Agnès Varda’s extraordinary late-career renaissance began with this wonderfully idiosyncratic, self-reflexive documentary in which the French cinema icon explores the world of modern-day gleaners: those living on the margins who survive by foraging for what society throws away. Embracing the intimacy and freedom of digital filmmaking, Varda posits herself as a kind of gleaner of images and ideas, one whose generous, expansive vision makes room for ruminations on everything from aging to the birth of cinema to the beauty of heart-shaped potatoes. By turns playful, philosophical, and subtly political, The Gleaners and I is a warmly human reflection on the contradictions of our consumerist world from an artist who, like her subjects, finds unexpected richness where few think to look." - Criterion

This can be watched on Kanopy (I believe this can be accessed with a library card) , Criterion Collection, Mubi or available for purchase on other services.

Enjoy the screening!