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Varda’s seminal documentary can now be used a pioneering educational tool by film students around the world.
More than 60 hours of rushes of Agnes Varda’s 2000 documentary feature The Gleaners and I will now be available for the next generation of international filmmakers thanks to a new educational initiative from France’s National Audiovisual Institute (INA) and Ciné-Tamaris.
The project was unveiled in Cannes at the beachside hub of the CNC by Rosalie Varda, the filmmaker’s daughter and CEO of Ciné-Tamaris and INA’s deputy general director Agnès Chauveau, complete with a surprise visit from Martin Scorsese, who has been closely involved from the start.
“Agnès was the real spirit of cinema and she could make a film...