The Gleaners and I (dir. Agnes Varda, 2000, 82 min)

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.

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This series is made possible by the Department of Art and Art History, the Film and Media Studies Program, the Colgate Arts Council and a  generous grant from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Programmed by Ani Maitra  and  Yi Cui