2007
Chinese documentary 2007
Feng Yan. | 2007 | 114 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis:
The Three Gorges Dam, supposedly the largest hydroelectric dam in the world, will be completed in 2009 after fifteen years of construction. Tied up in its story are countless brave people. Was Bing Ai counted in the governments’ tally of 1.13 million residents who must relocate? The village cadres told her to leave but she refused...
Synopsis:
The Three Gorges Dam, supposedly the largest hydroelectric dam in the world, will be completed in 2009 after fifteen years of construction. Tied up in its story are countless brave people. Was Bing Ai counted in the governments’ tally of 1.13 million residents who must relocate? The village cadres told her to leave but she refused...
Cong Feng | 2007 | 215 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis:
Gansu Province is an arid, mountainous region. In Huangyangchuan Town, Ma Bingcheng is a respected local doctor. Patients, most of them farmers, come every day to his small clinic. They chat and gossip while they wait. In the springtime, workers see the doctor before they leave as migrant workers. Some women discuss a man that ...
Synopsis:
Gansu Province is an arid, mountainous region. In Huangyangchuan Town, Ma Bingcheng is a respected local doctor. Patients, most of them farmers, come every day to his small clinic. They chat and gossip while they wait. In the springtime, workers see the doctor before they leave as migrant workers. Some women discuss a man that ...
Xie Lina | 2007 | 85 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis：
Searching for truth in the forgotten. I know that emotions are often concealed for convenience’s sake or to make life easier but I hope to put my emotions out for the public to see.
Mom is my first long documentary film. For many years, my mom worked hard to raise me and fill all my needs, and I always wan...
Synopsis：
Searching for truth in the forgotten. I know that emotions are often concealed for convenience’s sake or to make life easier but I hope to put my emotions out for the public to see.
Mom is my first long documentary film. For many years, my mom worked hard to raise me and fill all my needs, and I always wan...
Gu Yaping | 2007 | 82 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis:
My Dear is about several women that belong to urban art circles. The film documents their struggles in and out of marriage, the discrepancies between their ideals and realities, the confusion in their hearts and the discord and love among them. Through looking at their lives, the director explores her own. ...
Synopsis:
My Dear is about several women that belong to urban art circles. The film documents their struggles in and out of marriage, the discrepancies between their ideals and realities, the confusion in their hearts and the discord and love among them. Through looking at their lives, the director explores her own. ...
Shao Yuzhen | 2007 | 80 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis:
This film vividly captures the life of an ordinary village woman as she juggles work, family life and social life in her village. In her unique style that she developed through making her first short documentary I Film My Village, Shao documents encounters with media professionals who come to report on her village. Shao edited...
Synopsis:
This film vividly captures the life of an ordinary village woman as she juggles work, family life and social life in her village. In her unique style that she developed through making her first short documentary I Film My Village, Shao documents encounters with media professionals who come to report on her village. Shao edited...
Wang Wei | 2007 | 75 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis:
The film’s opening shot is of the filmmaker Wang Wei squatting in front of the camera and introducing his village. He expresses his wish to intervene in village affairs and search for the truth with his video camera. The film shows Wang Wei to be active in the village’s public affairs. This film captures the hopeful and disco...
Synopsis:
The film’s opening shot is of the filmmaker Wang Wei squatting in front of the camera and introducing his village. He expresses his wish to intervene in village affairs and search for the truth with his video camera. The film shows Wang Wei to be active in the village’s public affairs. This film captures the hopeful and disco...
Zhang Huancai | 2007 | 90 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis:
Zhang culled this film from over one hundred hours of footage. We see the ups and downs, habits and rituals of his village. Zhang shares with us moments from his personal life as well. He bickers, teases, fights with his wife about the future. Director’s Statement:
Chickens always find their w...
Synopsis:
Zhang culled this film from over one hundred hours of footage. We see the ups and downs, habits and rituals of his village. Zhang shares with us moments from his personal life as well. He bickers, teases, fights with his wife about the future. Director’s Statement:
Chickens always find their w...
Wang Yang | 2007 | 103 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis:
This film is an observation of the public spaces that link city and village. This is where the most change occurs as urbanization continues to alter China’s landscapes. Because of the rapid change of land ownership, the relationship between people and environment is altered. The film also captures the vivid expressions a...
Synopsis:
This film is an observation of the public spaces that link city and village. This is where the most change occurs as urbanization continues to alter China’s landscapes. Because of the rapid change of land ownership, the relationship between people and environment is altered. The film also captures the vivid expressions a...
Zhao Dayong | 2007 | 112 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis：
Nanjing Road pops with glitz and entertainment in a city draped in China’s economic growth. But in the back streets, migrants pick through the rubbish discarded by the bustling crowds and try to make ends meet. We need to look at their lives in order to better understand this city. Screenings:
Berl...
Synopsis：
Nanjing Road pops with glitz and entertainment in a city draped in China’s economic growth. But in the back streets, migrants pick through the rubbish discarded by the bustling crowds and try to make ends meet. We need to look at their lives in order to better understand this city. Screenings:
Berl...
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