Deconstructing Tradition, Inheriting Tradition: A Conversation about Documentary
Translator: Xiang FAN
Keyword: Subalternity | Giving Voice or Reinforcing Subalternity? Spatialising the Chinese Rural Subject in Falling from the Sky by Zhang Zanbo
XU Kaiyang Abstract Falling from the Sky 天降 (2009), by Chinese independent documentary filmmaker Zhang Zanbo, reveals how rocket debris […]
Keyword: Memory | Reading the Gospel in Miao: Christian Memories of Development in Songs From Maidichong
Max BERWALD; Translator: FAN Xiang Abstract In this review I discuss Hu Jie’s 2016 film Songs From Maidichong. The review focuses […]
Keyword: Feminism | Female Agency in Li Yu’s Lost in Beijing: From ‘Object of the Look’ to ‘Subject Who Looks’
Bérénice M. REYNAUD; Translator: FAN Xiang Abstract This article examines female agency in Li Yu’s Lost in Beijing (2007). Unlike most […]
Keyword: Feminism | The DV Gaze before the Age of the Selfie: On Yang Mingming’s Female Directors (2012)
Zoe Meng JIANG; Translator: FAN Xiang Abstract It is debatable if women making sexualized images of women – either themselves or […]
Keyword: Independent | Independent as Affect: A Discussion of the Negotiation Scene in Bing’ai
WEN Hao; Translator: Michelle DEETER Abstract In this film review, I mainly focus on selected scenes of negotiation in Feng […]
Keyword: Workshop | ‘Feelings guide the way, rational though lights the way’: My Workshop Notes
ZHANG Mengqi; Translator: Michelle DEETER Abstract I learned how to create things, live, communicate, and collaborate at workshops. I used […]
Keyword: Public-Interest Images | My public-interest Films and Me
JIANG Nengjie; Translator: ZHANG Qianqi Abstract Looking back on my filmmaking journey, I’m very fortunate to find an ideal way […]
Keyword: Pixelation
LI Xiaofeng; Translator: Michelle DEETER Abstract Pixelation might represent the weathering or deterioration of independent documentary films. Or, it might […]
Keyword: Individual | My Individual Creative Experience
ZOU Xueping; Translator: Michelle DEETER Abstract My understanding of the word individual means that one person or one independent creative […]