Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, The

Alternative title: The Seasons in Quincy
Synopsis: A four-part cinematic portrait of artist, philosopher and writer John Berger. In 1973, Berger moved from urban London to the tiny village of Quincy. These shorts examine different aspects of Berger’s life in this remote location in the French Alps.
Ways of Listening (Collin MacCabe, 26 min): A conversation with Tilda Swinton.
Spring (Christopher Roth, 19 min): Berger’s writing on animals is illuminated by local farming practice and set alongside other philosophical approaches to animal consciousness.
A Song for Politics (Bartek Dziadosz and Colin MacCabe, 20 min): Berger is joined by writers Ben Lerner and Akshi Singh along with Colin MacCabe and Christopher Roth for a lively political discussion of our present moment and its relationship to the past.
Harvest (Tilda Swinton, 25 min): Berger’s son and Swinton’s children join their parents for a journey to Quincy from the Scottish highlands, and see the countryside anew.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2017
Year of production: 2016
Subjects: Arts and Humanities
Keywords: Berger, John; biographies

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