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Ai Weiwei: “Documentary is Just One Of My Tools”
Discussing his approach to documentary filmmaking, China’s most notorious dissident and artist Ai Weiwei was interviewed by filmmaker and...
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Jan 2, 2012


The Cultural Revolution Cookbook and the Politics of Nostalgia
"The East Wind State Farm" (dir. Hu Jie) By Maya E. Rudolph The Cultural Revolution Cookbook, a recent title that draws on the legacy of...
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Dec 29, 2011


Disorder, Beijing Besieged By Waste Among Critic’s Top Picks of 2011
"Disorder" (dir. Huang Weikai) Sight and Sound‘s annual account of the year’s cinematic highlights featured two dGenerate titles,...
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Dec 28, 2011


Protests in Wukan Dissolved After Weeks of Unrest
"Crime and Punishment" (dir. Zhao Liang) Protests in Guangdong Province’s Wukan Village, which began months ago in response to government...
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Dec 22, 2011


Fujian Blue Available on Comcast On-Demand in January
"Fujian Blue" (dir. Weng Shuoming) dGenerate Films is pleased to announce that Robin Weng Shuoming‘s Fujian Blue will be available to...
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Dec 20, 2011


Beijing’s Ring of Garbage: Wang Jiuliang Profiled in Global Times
Wang Jiuliang focuses his camera in a Beijing landfill A recent article in the Global Times addresses the sprawling landfills surrounding...
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Dec 19, 2011


“Getting the Past Out Loud”: Wu Wenguang’s Memory Project and New Voices In Docume
By Maya E. Rudolph From L to R: Dan Streible, Angela Zito, Wu Wenguang, Zhang Zhen “Independent film has gone from underground to come...
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Dec 15, 2011


Recent Death Sparks Protests in Guangdong In Ongoing Struggle for Property Rights
"Meishi Street" (dir. Ou Ning) The plight of unexpected activists and dingzihu, those Chinese households who refuse to yield their homes...
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Dec 14, 2011


CIFF Roundup: John Berra Reports on Nanjing Festival
CIFF Official Logo Reporting for the Electric Sheep blog, John Berra delivers a comprehensive account of the sights and sounds of the 8th...
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Dec 13, 2011


dGenerate’s Karin Chien Featured on Filmwax Podcast
"Little Moth" (dir. Peng Tao) Check out this podcast: dGenerate president Karin Chien chats with Filmax Film Series director Adam...
dgeneratefilms
Dec 5, 2011
Kevin Lee Reports on Chinese Cinema Today for “Ebert Presents At the Movies”
Check out a video produced by dGenerate’s own Kevin Lee for Ebert Presents: At The Movies: Reporting on trends in the current Chinese...
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Dec 2, 2011


Technology and Documentary Open Discussion of China’s Unspeakable Tragedies
By Maya E. Rudolph "Karamay" (dir. Xu Xin) A tragic automobile accident in China’s Gansu Province weeks ago has ignited a national outcry...
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Dec 1, 2011


Beijing Besieged by Walmart: Development and Sustainability in the Partnership between China and Wal
"Beijing Besieged by Waste" (dir. Wang Jiuliang) An article by Orville Schelle appeared recently in The Atlantic on the increasingly...
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Nov 29, 2011


“China Rolls Out Tighter Rules on Reporting”: Journalism, Microblogging, and Documentary
"Though I Am Gone" (dir. Hu Jie) By Maya E. Rudolph The New York Times reported on November 11th that Chinese government authorities have...
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Nov 22, 2011


Review: <i>No. 89 Shimen Road</i>
"No. 89 Shimin Road" (Dir. Shu Haolun) By Maya E. Rudolph No. 89 Shimen Road will screen tonight in Chicago at 7pm as part of the Doc...
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Nov 21, 2011


Cinema dConstructed: dGenerate Films Profiled in Global Times
"Enter the Clowns" (dir. Cui Zi'en) Michael Gold of the China Global Times spoke recently with Karin Chien on dGenerate Films‘s...
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Nov 18, 2011
“Are China’s Rulers Getting Religion?”
By Maya E. Rudolph For Chinese government authorities, there’s a lot to keep up with these days. “Worsening inflation, a slowing economy,...
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Nov 16, 2011


China’s ‘Third Affliction’: David Bandurski on Zhao Dayong, China’s New Cult
"Ghost Town" (dir. Zhao Dayong) In an article for the New York Times‘s “Latitudes: Views From Around the World” blog, producer of Chinese...
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Nov 14, 2011


Online Videos and Communities Confront Social <i>Disorder</i> in China
By Maya E. Rudolph "Disorder" compiles numerous videos capturing social disharmony in China In an age where surveillance videos serve as...
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Oct 31, 2011


A Review of <i>Beijing Besieged By Waste</i>, Screening Saturday at Asia Society
By Isabella Tianzi Cai Police inspect illegal cooking oil, better known as 'drainage oil', seized during a crackdown in Beijing (Photo:...
dgeneratefilms
Oct 28, 2011
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