Nicole Brenez, with a response by Kent Jones

Nicole Brenez is professor of Cinema Studies at Universite Paris 3. She is a film historian, curator and leading specialist of avant-garde cinema. Her books include Cinéma d'avant-garde (2007), Abel Ferrara (2007), and Chantal Akerman (2011).

Kent Jones is a writer and filmmaker in New York.

This talk is featured as part of the Columbia Maison Française series on Cinema: History and Theory, and is co-sponsored by the Sites of Cinema University Seminar chaired by Jane Gaines.

Generous support was provided by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

Nicole Brenez presents this talk in connection with the film series she curated for the Anthology Film Archives, Internationalist Cinema for Today, taking place March 2-11, 2012. For details, please visit http://anthologyfilmarchives.org