Jiang Hu: Life on the Road
Wu Wenguang | 1999 | 113 min. | English subtitles
Synopsis:
Directly translated, “jiang hu” means “river” or “lake.” In Chinese it refers to life away from home or being “on the road.” This film is about the story of a traveling song and dance troupe of farmers. The boss is Old Liu. He got his two sons, their girlfriends and some young farmers to join and bought the big tent. They want to find their fortunes performing in the big cities, but the cities always refuse them. They linger on the fringe of modern China and long for the happy, prosperous life they see but cannot reach.
Grants: Jan Vrijman Fund of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, 1999
Screenings:
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan, 1999
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1999
International Forum in New Cinema, Berlin Film Festival, Germany, 2000
Visions du Reel, Nyon, Switzerland, 2000
Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore, 2000
American University Tour: New York Univ. Bucknell Univ., Yale Univ., Tufts Univ., Harvard Univ., Univ. of Chicago
About the Filmmaker:
Wu Wenguang was born in 1956 in Yunnan Province in southwest China. After graduating from high school in 1974, Wu was sent to the countryside where he worked as a farmer for a year and as an elementary school teacher for three years. From 1978 to 1982 he studied Chinese literature in Yunnan University. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree, Wu taught at a junior high school for three years. He was then a journalist for a TV station for another three years. In 1988 Wu left television and moved to Beijing to be an independent documentary filmmaker, freelance writer and creator and producer of Living Dance Studio, a dance performance group. In 2005 Wu co-founded the independent art space Caochangdi Workstation (CCD Workstation) with his partner Wen Hui. He is the curator of the annual film and dance festivals Crossing Festival and May Festival. He is also the curator of the China Village Documentary Project, which began in 2005. His other films are: Bumming in Beijing (1990), 1966, My Time in The Red Guards (1993), At Home in The World (1995), Dance With Farm Workers (2001), You Are Called Outlander (2003), Fuck Cinema (2005), Bare Your Stuff (2010), Treatment (2010).
| Information | |
| Online Viewing | Yes |
| Available Subtitle | English , Chinese |
| Length | 113 min |
| Production Year | 1999 |
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