The Beaches of Agnès - Paris . POV on PBS

An excerpt from "Beaches of Agnès."
http://www.pbs.org/pov/beachesofagnes

Airing on June 29, 2010 at 10pm, POV on PBS (Check your local listings).
Watch online: June 30 through August 14, 2010.

In this excerpt from "The Beaches of Agnès", Belgian filmmaker Agnès Varda speaks about visiting Paris in her youth, the German occupation during World War 2, and art school during the post-war years.

In "The Beaches of Agnès", Varda uses film clips, old photos and gorgeous reenactments to revisit her Belgian youth, association with the French New Wave, marriage to director Jacques Demy (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and the making of her movies. You dont need to know anything about Varda to enjoy this enchanting glimpse into the treasure chest of her memories.

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• POV
• PBS
• Agnes Varda
• Jacques Demy
• French New Wave
• Documentary
• Documentaries
• documentary film
• Nouvelle Vague
• César
• Experimental film
• Beaches