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The Future of Chinese Film Criticism
Wang Yang (photo credit: Grace Wang) By Ariella Tai In similar form to her fascinating report on Chinese Documentaries in her Chicago Sun...
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Jul 4, 2011


Measuring the Human Cost of an iPad made in China
By Ariella Tai On May 20th, an explosion that killed two and wounded sixteen others rocked a factory in Chengdu owned by the Taiwanese...
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Jun 12, 2011


Rural Film History Museum Opens in China
By Isabella Tianzi Cai ”] The older Chinese generation, who have lived through the founding of the New China, the Great Leap Forward...
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Jun 1, 2011


Report on Chinese Independent Documentaries for Roger Ebert’s Website
By Isabella Tianzi Cai Directors Zhao Liang and Fan Lixin in Zhao Liang's Beijing studio (photo: Grace Wang) An article of great interest...
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May 24, 2011


Beijing Independent Documentary Festival Cancelled
Jonathan Landreth reports for the Hollywood Reporter: BEIJING – Organizers of a long-standing Chinese independent documentary film...
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Apr 21, 2011


CinemaTalk: A Conversation with Ou Ning
By Dan Edwards Ou NIng In addition to being an artist, curator, writer, and director of the Shao Foundation, China’s cultural renaissance...
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Mar 1, 2011


Who’s Using Who? Zhou Hao’s Hall of Mirrors
By Dan Edwards Using (dir. Zhou Hao) Southern Metropolis Daily has a proud reputation as one of the very few newspapers in mainland China...
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Feb 21, 2011


The Vicious Circle of Justice: Zhao Liang’s <i>Crime and Punishment</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 12, 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 10, 2011
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 21, 2010


China Independent Film Festival Reviewed by Electric Sheep
Perfect Life (2009, dir. Emily Tang) In the online film journal Electric Sheep, John Berra reports on the China Independent Film Festival...
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Nov 24, 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 23, 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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Nov 8, 2010


Olympic Artist Ai Weiwei the Latest in China’s Long List of Evictees
Artist Ai Weiwei (source: Archinect) By Isabella Tianzi Cai Chinese architect and artist Ai Weiwei, designer of the famous “Bird’s Nest”...
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Nov 8, 2010


Filmmakers Share Their Visions at the Get It Louder Creative Showcase
By Sara Beretta Director Liu Jiayin answering questions at Get It Louder (photo: Get It Louder) Get It Louder (Da Sheng Zhan), one of...
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Nov 5, 2010


The Vicious Circle of Justice: Zhao Liang’s <i>Crime and Punishment</i>
Zhao Liang provided one of the most heartrending Chinese documentaries of recent times last year with Petition, an epic work about...
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Nov 4, 2010


Facing the Traumatic Past Between China and Japan
By Isabella Tianzi Cai Anti-Japanese demonstration in China In September this year, Japanese authorities detained a Chinese trawler...
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Nov 2, 2010


Blurring the Boundaries Between Art and Film in China
Meishi Street (dir. Ou Ning) By Sara Beretta Everyone, in a sense, is an artist, in that we all strive to better express ourselves. As...
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Oct 29, 2010


China Independent Film Fund Announced
By Isabella Tianzi Cai Zhang Xianmin, manager of the China Independent Film Fund At the Pusan International Film Festival, Variety...
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Oct 21, 2010
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