News from home is a documentary film done by Chantal Ackerman. In her film she is documenting the letters that her mother sends to her every week or so. The letters are nothing exciting mostly, everyday life. She is simultaneously showing clips of New York City. These photographs or clips are the scenes from New York that one might look past or at least not notice on a busy day of life. As the letters go on, even though they don’t get anymore exciting, they draw you in and you start to feel a connection with this family and the relationships within the family. The letters span over a few years and by the end I was anxious to now how the family was and if she went back to visit her mother. Her mother’s wishes all along were to get letters from her daughter to see how she was doing but ultimately she wanted her daughter to come home to visit. Every mothers dream.
