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The Gleaners and I

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Agnès Varda explores the practice of "gleaning"—gathering leftover crops, discarded items, or anything society deems worthless—through the eyes of scavengers, artists, and Varda herself, who uses a digital video camera to capture this "majestic gesture" of survival and creativity in a consumerist world.

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The Gleaners and I

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Christiane

Christiane

“Agnès Varda explores the practice of "gleaning"—gathering leftover crops, discarded items, or anything society deems worthless—through the eyes of scavengers, artists, and Varda herself, who uses a digital video camera to capture this "majestic gesture" of survival and creativity in a consumerist world.”

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Louise Buckley

Louise Buckley

“Agnes Varda documentary on gleaning (gathering of farm produce left after harvest) but like all her movies, also about so much more. Incredible.”

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Aria

Aria

“Who doesn’t love Agnes and also diverting/reimagining “waste””

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