Documentary Moments

Conceived by filmmaker Eyal Sivan, the long-term project “Documentary Moments” elaborates documentary film practice through screenings and encounters with filmmakers who shaped particular moments of the practice’s history. Its initial chapter is an homage to artists who contributed to the renaissance of documentary film in the post-war period: Alain Resnais (b. 1921), Edgar Morin (b. 1921), Marcel Ophuls (b. 1928), and Frederick Wiseman (b. 1930).

Chronicle of a Summer

D: Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin, FR 1961, 76 min.

The film builds truth through constructed or almost fictional situations. When released, it provoked heated debates on the relationship between cinema, reality and truth. In 2007, artists Ayreen Anastas, François Bucher and Rene Gabri unearthed an interview with Edgar Morin, in which he mentioned a cache of original rushes. Shots from the original 16 mm rushes of Chroniqle of a summer and a discussion between Edgar Morin and the artists will be followed by a screening of the film.

Discussion with Edgar Morin, Rene Gabri, Ayreen Anastas, François Bucher and Eyal Sivan