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Jan 25, 2011
Ai Weiwei’s Documentaries Available on YouTube
By Isabella Tianzi Cai World-renowned artist Ai Weiwei is responsible for bold, iconic works such as the Beijing Olympic Stadium, but he...
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Jan 14, 2011
Zhao Liang (<i>Petition, Crime and Punishment</i>) directs AIDS documentary in China
A scene from Together (dir. Zhao Liang) This week on dGenerate we will be featuring articles related to Zhao Liang’s acclaimed...
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Jan 11, 2011
CinemaTalk: Conversation with Zhao Liang, director of <i>Crime and Punishment</i> and <i>Petition</i
This week on dGenerate we will be featuring articles related to Zhao Liang’s acclaimed documentary Crime and Punishment to coincide with...
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Jan 10, 2011
“Stunning:” Crime and Punishment Reviewed by Variety
This week on dGenerate we will be featuring articles related to Zhao Liang’s acclaimed documentary Crime and Punishment to coincide with...
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Jan 10, 2011
Chinese Law Enforcement Brings Out Its Feminine Side
This week on dGenerate we will be featuring articles related to Zhao Liang’s acclaimed documentary Crime and Punishment to coincide with...
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Jan 6, 2011
Profile on Current State of Chinese documentaries
Karamay (dir. Xu Xin) Taiwan News has a highly informative article by Yali Chen comparing documentary production and distribution in...
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Dec 21, 2010
Chinese Students Produce Environmental Short Films
By Isabella Tianzi Cai The Environment & Human Short Documentary Project is part of a national green project called “Qing Guo Qing Cheng...
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Dec 13, 2010
On the Edge of Documentary in China: The Films of Yang Rui at NYU
The Bimo Records (dir. Yang Rui) Event Date and Time: December 17, 2010 1:30pm – 7:30pm Location: Department of Cinema Studies,...
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Nov 23, 2010
Profile of Activist Documentary Filmmaker Ai Xiaoming
Filmmaker Ai Xiaoming filming sculpture by Yan Zhengxue (photo: Dan Edwards) On his blog Screening China, Dan Edwards reports on his...
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Nov 12, 2010
Absurdity, Art, and Life on <i>Tape</i>: Report from the 2010 Reel China Documentary Biennial
Tape (dir. Li Ning) By Isabella Tianzi Cai Published as part of Dong Week at dGenerate Films, a series of articles on Jia Zhangke and the...
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Nov 9, 2010
The Chinese Artist’s Life, Then and Now: Wu Wenguang’s <i>Bumming in Beijing</i> and Jia
Dong (dir. Jia Zhangke) Published as part of Dong Week at dGenerate Films, a series of articles on Jia Zhangke and the art world in...
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Nov 8, 2010
Jia Zhangke and China’s Art World: Announcing <i>Dong</i> Week at dGenerate
This week the dGenerate blog is spotlighting Jia Zhangke’s rare and underappreciated film Dong, which is one of the newest additions to...
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Oct 29, 2010
Zhou Hao Interviewed – Films screening at UCCA Beijing
Using (dir. Zhou Hao) Chris Hawke profiles documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao in the Global Times. In the past, Zhou’s probing work has...
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Oct 28, 2010
A Haunted Village on Halloween: <i>Ghost Town</i> at Cleveland Museum of Art Sunday
Ghost Town (dir. Zhao Dayong) In a stroke of inspired Halloween programming, The Cleveland Museum of Art will screen the acclaimed (and...
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Oct 27, 2010
“One of the Most Mesmerizing Films I’ve Seen in Ages.” Review of <i>Disorder</i> i
Disorder (dir. Huang Weikai) In The Atlantic, Hua Hsu reviews Huang Weikai’s Disorder, which screened as part of the Reel China...
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Oct 25, 2010
Documentaries by Zhou Hao screening at UCCA Beijing
Using (dir. Zhou Hao) A former Xinhua News Agency and Southern Weekly photographer, Zhou Hao began making independent films in 2002....
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Oct 11, 2010
<i>1428</i> Reviewed – Meet Director Du Haibin at Stanford, San Francisco and NYC This Week!
1428 (dir. Du Haibin) France Pepper gives Du Haibin’s 1428 a strong review for the Asian Educational Media Service: Du’s down-to-earth...
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Oct 4, 2010
Kevin Lee Discusses <i>1428</i> on Illinois Public Media – Screening and talk tomorrow at U. I
1428 (dir. Du Haibin) Tuesday October 5, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will host two events showcasing China’s independent...
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Aug 30, 2010
Defending Culture and Democracy in Chinese Independent Documentaries
By Isabella Tianzi Cai In the article, Teng gives a comprehensive overview of the civic documentary movement in China for the past few...
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Aug 17, 2010
CinemaTalk: Conversation with Zhao Liang, director of <i>Crime and Punisment</i> and <i>Petition</i>
Zhao Liang Zhao Liang is one of China’s leading artists working in video, photography and documentary film. His work examines both rural...
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