2009
Chinese documentary 2009
Jia Zhitan | 2009 | 70 min. | English subtitles
Filmmaker’s Words:
Every year the title is the same, My Village __, but the lives of the villagers aren’t always the same: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy.
It’s possible the Nanxi River that flows through our village has existed since the time of Pan Gu (the Chinese mythological creator of the earth). With its waters w...
Filmmaker’s Words:
Every year the title is the same, My Village __, but the lives of the villagers aren’t always the same: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy.
It’s possible the Nanxi River that flows through our village has existed since the time of Pan Gu (the Chinese mythological creator of the earth). With its waters w...
Shao Yuzhen | 2009 | 70 min. | English subtitles
Filmmaker’s Words:
2008 was China’s “Year of the Olympics,” so of course my film My Village 2008 is related to this. My village is located in the suburbs of Beijing, and had its own Olympic activities, its own leg of the torch relay. Before the Olympics started, we received notices that all the gravesites beside the ma...
Filmmaker’s Words:
2008 was China’s “Year of the Olympics,” so of course my film My Village 2008 is related to this. My village is located in the suburbs of Beijing, and had its own Olympic activities, its own leg of the torch relay. Before the Olympics started, we received notices that all the gravesites beside the ma...
Wang Wei | 2009 | 75min. | English subtitles
Filmmaker’s words:
Is film an extension of life? Maybe not. On any normal day, if I’m not too busy and in a decent mood, I’ll pick up my video camera and take it for a spin. I’ll capture some everyday people doing everyday things. I see this stuff every day and the only difference is that today I have my camera in my hand,...
Filmmaker’s words:
Is film an extension of life? Maybe not. On any normal day, if I’m not too busy and in a decent mood, I’ll pick up my video camera and take it for a spin. I’ll capture some everyday people doing everyday things. I see this stuff every day and the only difference is that today I have my camera in my hand,...
Zhang Huancai | 2009 | 139 min. | English subtitles
Filmmaker’s Words:
This film once again kicks off with my family. I would say this is a consistent style of my films, but perhaps that is a little far-fetched. But also, my 360-degree self-shot is my new “mark,” the one I am most pleased with. It really was 360 degrees, in order to size up my village from every angle....
Filmmaker’s Words:
This film once again kicks off with my family. I would say this is a consistent style of my films, but perhaps that is a little far-fetched. But also, my 360-degree self-shot is my new “mark,” the one I am most pleased with. It really was 360 degrees, in order to size up my village from every angle....
Chen Zhong | 2009 | 98 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis:
Red White explores villagers’ self-governance in two villages. In Guoxing Village in Heilongjiang Province in Northeastern China, villagers vote to elect the director of the village committee. In Nanping Village in Anhui Province in Southern China，a young man named Yang Yunbiao organizes his fellow villagers to form a coll...
Synopsis:
Red White explores villagers’ self-governance in two villages. In Guoxing Village in Heilongjiang Province in Northeastern China, villagers vote to elect the director of the village committee. In Nanping Village in Anhui Province in Southern China，a young man named Yang Yunbiao organizes his fellow villagers to form a coll...
Leslie Tai | 2009 | 104 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis:
Two tenacious 24-year-old Chinese girls born in the Year of the Pig—Leslie, born and raised in America, aspiring to make her first film, and Fenfen, born in China’s forsaken countryside, a foot massage girl aspiring to change her fate—become entangled in a mother-daughter love triangle. Fenfen meets her benefactre...
Synopsis:
Two tenacious 24-year-old Chinese girls born in the Year of the Pig—Leslie, born and raised in America, aspiring to make her first film, and Fenfen, born in China’s forsaken countryside, a foot massage girl aspiring to change her fate—become entangled in a mother-daughter love triangle. Fenfen meets her benefactre...
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