Home › Entities › film › News from Home

News from Home

1976 film by Chantal Akerman
Movie film Q7019502
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

News from Home

Summary

News from Home is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (701 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • News from Home's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • News from Home was directed by Chantal Akerman[4].
  • Chantal Akerman wrote the screenplay for News from Home[5].
  • News from Home's genre is documentary film[6].
  • A cast member of News from Home was Chantal Akerman[7].
  • News from Home's director of photography is recorded as Babette Mangolte[8].
  • The original language of News from Home was French[9].
  • News from Home's country of origin is recorded as France[10].
  • News from Home's country of origin is recorded as Belgium[11].
  • News from Home's country of origin is recorded as Germany[12].
  • News from Home was released on December 16, 1976[13].
  • News from Home was released on May 20, 1977[14].
  • News from Home was published on June 8, 1977[15].
  • News from Home's narrative location is recorded as New York City[16].
  • News from Home's main subject is New York City[17].
  • News from Home's film editor is recorded as Francine Sandberg[18].
  • News from Home's described by source is recorded as BBC's The 100 greatest films directed by women[19].
  • News from Home's described by source is recorded as The Feminist Film Guide[20].
  • News from Home's participant in is recorded as 1977 Cannes Film Festival[21].
  • News from Home's title is recorded as News from Home[22].
  • News from Home's duration is recorded as {'amount': '+89'}[23].
  • News from Home's CNC film rating is recorded as no age restriction[24].
  • News from Home's assessment is recorded as Bechdel test[25].
  • News from Home's P14449 is recorded as 109450[26].
  • News from Home's P14821 is recorded as 76452[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

News from Home was directed by Chantal Akerman[4]. Chantal Akerman wrote the screenplay for it[5]. A cast member of it was Chantal Akerman[7].

Publication

Publication dates include December 16, 1976[13], May 20, 1977[14], and June 8, 1977[15]. The original language of News from Home was French[9]. Its genre is documentary film[6].

Subject and Themes

News from Home's main subject is New York City[17].

Why It Matters

News from Home ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (701 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Belgium Chantal Akerman film France Germany New York City

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). News from Home. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/news-from-home
MLA “News from Home.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/news-from-home.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_news-from-home_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{News from Home}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/news-from-home}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): News from Home — https://4ort.xyz/entity/news-from-home (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/news-from-home · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16h ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 76452
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14821]]: 76452, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  2. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → New York City
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → BBC's The 100 greatest films directed by women, The Feminist Film Guide
    P14449 → 109450
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.