Posts Tagged ‘sichuan earthquake’

Venice Prizewinning 1428 to screen at MoMA

Monday, February 15th, 2010

dGenerate Films is proud to present a special US screening of
Du Haibin’s 1428 at the Documentary Fortnight at the Museum of Modern Art.

1428, directed by Du Haibin, won last year’s Best Documentary Award at the Venice International Film Festival. A stunning exploration of the 8.0 earthquake that shook China’s Sichuan province in 2008, causing 70,000 deaths and 375,000 casualties, the film has an eerie resonance to the recent tragedy in Haiti.

PLEASE JOIN US AT THE FOLLOWING SCREENINGS:

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 3:30 pm

MONDAY, MARCH 1, 4:30 pm

Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 St
New York, NY 10019

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Sixty Years of Unsanctioned Memories in the People’s Republic

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

At the 60th anniversary of the founding of the P.R.C., Fanhall.com published a list of fifteen key independent documentaries as their tribute to the celebration. Entitled “Sixty Years of Unsanctioned Memories in the People’s Republic,” these digital video films present vivid pictures of Chinese life, society and landscape rarely seen in government-approved news or the overwhelming reports about China in mainstream western media. They present and reflect on modern Chinese history from the perspective of common citizens and marginalized social groups. German-Jewish political philosopher Hannah Arendt distinguishes private and public realms as “the distinction between things that should be hidden and things that should be shown.” These independent works try to break the line and present the hidden, “private” scenes and stories to the public. The list also links to the synopses of the films, some with English translations.

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