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Online Videos and Communities Confront Social <i>Disorder</i> in China

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Oct 31, 2011

Online Videos and Communities Confront Social Disorder in China

By Maya E. Rudolph "Disorder" compiles numerous videos capturing social disharmony in China In an age where surveillance videos serve as a kind of documentary and internet gossip supercedes mainstream news cycles, the idea of tragedy is spun into a new place and time. Several weeks ago, a surveillance camera in Foshan’s Guangfo Hardware Market captured an incident wherein a small van ran over a two-year-old child left roaming alone in the market. The footage, now viewed by mi

PBS “POV” Lists Essential Documentaries About China

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Oct 17, 2011

PBS “POV” Lists Essential Documentaries About China

Disorder (dir. Huang Weikai) tied for most mentions in PBS' poll of essential documentaries about China Last month the acclaimed documentary Last Train Home, about migrant laborers in China, made its US television premiere as part of the POV series on PBS. As part of the film’s online promotional efforts, POV polled several filmmakers and experts in Chinese cinema to recommend top documentaries and features about China. We were pleased to see that Disorder tied for most menti

11 Chinese Independent Films Screening this Fall in Chicago – Starts Monday

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Sep 21, 2011

11 Chinese Independent Films Screening this Fall in Chicago – Starts Monday

Oxhide II (dir. Liu Jiayin) This will be the largest series of Chinese cinema in Chicago this year. The series is listed online at: http://docfilms.uchicago.edu/dev/calendar/2011/fall/monday.shtml (note that the opening night screening is not listed). A Selection of Chinese Independent Cinema Mondays, September 26 – November 28, 2011 Doc Films, University of Chicago Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes Hall The University of Chicago 1212 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL Tickets $

<i>Disorder</i> discussed at Museum of Chinese in America

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Aug 22, 2011

Disorder discussed at Museum of Chinese in America

By Isabella Tianzi Cai Chi-hui Yang (right) and Kevin Lee discuss Disorder with audience at Museum of Chinese in America Director Huang Weikai’s short film Disorder played in the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in New York City Chinatown last Friday evening, on August 12, 2011. It attracted students and people from the general public alike, who took an interest in contemporary Chinese documentaries. New York-based Chinese-language news source World Journal, the largest of

Chicago Critics Crazy over <i>Disorder</i>; Screening at MoCA NYC This Friday

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Aug 8, 2011

Chicago Critics Crazy over Disorder; Screening at MoCA NYC This Friday

From Chicago to New York City, "Disorder" has film critics dancing in the streets. This Friday at 7pm, Huang Weikai’s cinematic hurricane Disorder storms back into New York City, screening at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas in Chinatown as part of MoCA’s Chinese Cinema Club. Film programmer, lecturer and writer Chi-hui Yang will be on hand to discuss the film following the screening, with dGenerate’s Kevin B. Lee moderating. Earlier in the summer, the film screened at t

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May 16, 2011

Ten Titles Now Available on Institutional DVD!

We are pleased to announce the release of ten new titles on Institutional DVD, and the release of four titles on Home DVD. These titles include acclaimed festival films Ghost Town, 1428 and Disorder; probing environmental documentaries Before the Flood 1, Before the Flood 2 and Timber Gang (Last Lumberjacks), works by acclaimed social chronicler Shu Haolun, and landmark works by Hu Jie, one of China’s most important historical filmmakers. A full list with descriptions can be

CinemaTalk: Interview with Huang Weikai, Director of <i>Disorder</i>

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May 16, 2011

CinemaTalk: Interview with Huang Weikai, Director of Disorder

"Disorder" director Huang Weikai Disorder, a bold documentary by Huang Weikai, has been steadily garnering recognition over the past year, screening at multiple venues across America. It’s been mentioned as one of the best films of 2010 by Moving Image Source and Film Comment magazine, and recently won Best Documentary at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Seeing it at the Reel China Film Festival in NYU, Hua Hsu of The Atlantic called it “one of the most mesmerizing films I’ve se

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Apr 28, 2011

Video Essays on New Chinese Cinema – Screenings This Weekend at MOMI

By Kevin B. Lee In conjunction with the screening series New Tales of Chinese Cinema screening this weekend at the Museum of the Moving Image, here are two video essays exploring films from the series, both published at Moving Image Source. The series includes Disorder by Huang Weikai and Oxhide II by Liu Jiayin, both distributed by dGenerate. Oxhide II screens Saturday, April 30 at 2pm. Disorder screens Saturday, April 30 at 5pm Descriptions of each video can be found at the

Film Comment Spotlights <i>Disorder</i> – playing tomorrow at Pomona, next week in S.F.

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Apr 13, 2011

Film Comment Spotlights Disorder – playing tomorrow at Pomona, next week in S.F.

Disorder (dir. Huang Weikai) In the current issue of Film Comment, Chris Chang labels Huang Weikai’s experimental documentary Disorder a “Hot Property,” describing it as “a city symphony from hell:” Disorder begins with an image of a geyser unleashed from a broken hydrant. Cut to a man, lying in the street, the victim of a traffic accident. Are the actions related? No clue. People gathering to help the injured party are clearly unnerved by the presence of the camera – one of

<i>Disorder</i> Wins Best Documentary at Ann Arbor Film Fest; <i>Tape</i> Wins Silver Award at YunFe

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Mar 28, 2011

Disorder Wins Best Documentary at Ann Arbor Film Fest; Tape Wins Silver Award at YunFe

Director Huang Weikai It was a good weekend for a couple of filmmakers whose films we are fortunate to distribute. At the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Huang Weikai won the Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film, which comes with a $1,000 cash prize, for his trippy experimental documentary Disorder. Halfway around the world, Li Ning won the Silver Award at YunFest, one of the oldest independent film festivals in China, for his equally envelope-pushing documentary Tape. Un

<i>Oxhide II</i> and <i>Disorder</i> Featured in Los Angeles New Chinese Cinema Showcase, Starts Apr

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Mar 25, 2011

Oxhide II and Disorder Featured in Los Angeles New Chinese Cinema Showcase, Starts Apr

Thomas Mao (dir. Zhu Wen) From the official press release: “From Wednesday, April 6 to Saturday, April 9, REDCAT will present “Between Disorder and Unexpected Pleasures: Tales from the New Chinese Cinema.” In recent years, independent Chinese cinema has experienced a virtual explosion. Digital media have allowed filmmakers to be bolder, more daring and to explore hybrid forms of documentary and fiction, or mix found and live footage while playing with novel formal strategies.

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Mar 25, 2011

Disorder Screening at Ann Arbor Film Fest This Weekend; Profile in LEAP Magazine

By Isabella Tianzi Cai Disorder (dir. Huang Weikai) Huang Weikai’s riveting experimental documentary Disorder will screen Saturday, March 26 at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, one of the leading annual showcases for cutting edge film and video works from around the world. Details can be found at the Ann Arbor Film Festival site. Benny Shaffer’s article “The Films of Huang Weikai: Towards an Urban Documentary Surreal” is a thorough exploration of Chinese independent filmmaker Hua

This Week’s Events: Disorder and Ghost Town at the Freer Gallery in Washington D.C.

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Mar 21, 2011

This Week’s Events: Disorder and Ghost Town at the Freer Gallery in Washington D.C.

Disorder (dir. Huang Weikai) DGENERATE FILMS EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF 3/21/11-3/27/11 Disorder at the Freer Gallery Friday, March 25 at 7 PM Screening at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital: Focus on China Address: Freer Gallery of Art Jefferson Drive at 12th St SW Washington D.C. Description: “Disorder is simply a gripping, stirring, occasionally shocking experience.” – Hua Hsu of The Atlantic Huang Weikai’s one-of-a-kind news documentary captures, with

Swimming in the Surreal: Notes from a Disorderly Screening of <i>Disorder</i>

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Mar 2, 2011

Swimming in the Surreal: Notes from a Disorderly Screening of Disorder

By Kevin B. Lee For one night, "Disorder" could not be contained to the screen MoMA Documentary Fortnight is now over, and we at dGenerate headquarters in New York have more or less recovered from a week of intense activity, screening four of our new films as part of the series. Even with the edgy, challenging nature of the film, all of the screenings were well-attended and received. After both screenings of Fortune Teller, I talked with several audience members who were clea

New York Times Profiles Chinese Indie Docs and Other Coverage of MoMA Doc Fortnight

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Feb 18, 2011

New York Times Profiles Chinese Indie Docs and Other Coverage of MoMA Doc Fortnight

Fortune Teller (dir. Xu Tong) In the New York Times, Larry Rohter profiles the Chinese independent film movement, with special attention on the films screening at the Documentary Fortnight Festival at MoMA: As a group they give a new and truer meaning to the phrase “independent film.” In a country where all movies must obtain official approval to be exhibited commercially, the five Chinese directors whose work will be featured beginning on Friday in the Museum of Modern Art’s

MoMA Documentary Fortnight Opens This Week, Featuring Four New Titles from dGenerate

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Feb 13, 2011

MoMA Documentary Fortnight Opens This Week, Featuring Four New Titles from dGenerate

By Isabella Tianzi Cai Karamay (dir. Xu Xin) The 10th Annual Documentary Fortnight Festival of the Museum of Modern Art in New York runs from Wednesday February 16 to 28, 2011, showcasing 20 new outstanding international non-fiction films and videos. Four contemporary Chinese documentaries distributed by dGenerate Films will screen at the festival: Xu Xin’s Karamay (2010), Huang Weikai’s Disorder (2009), Xu Tong’s Fortune Teller (2010), and Li Ning’s Tape (2010). In addition

<i>Disorder</i>, <i>Winter Vacation</i> Named Discoveries of 2011 by Film Comment Magazine

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Jan 11, 2011

Disorder, Winter Vacation Named Discoveries of 2011 by Film Comment Magazine

Disorder (dir. Huang Weikai) The current issue of Film Comment magazine polls several critics, filmmakers and programmers on the “unknown pleasures” they watched in 2010 that are poised to be more widely discovered this year. Two Chinese films are mentioned, both independent productions: Winter Vacation by Li Hongqi and Disorder by Huang Weikai. Here are the entries, both found at the Film Comment website: Winter Vacation: The funniest film since Goodbye, Dragon Inn, but actu

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Jan 5, 2011

Disorder Named Best of 2010 by Moving Image Source

Huang Weikai’s Disorder was mentioned by The Moving Image Source in its 2010 poll of top moving image moments among filmmakers, scholars, critics and programmers. Movie City News editor Ray Pride singled the film out as his highlight of 2010: Huang Weikai’s 58-minute Disorder, featured at Hot Docs 2010, is a black-and-white shot-on-video portrait of urban Guangzhou, but it’s also a sustained fury of delirium. Tossed into a maelstrom of deracinated images from Huang’s native p

Lives, Feelings, and Faith: Report From Reel China #3

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Dec 14, 2010

Lives, Feelings, and Faith: Report From Reel China #3

Disorder (dir. Huang Weikai) This week we are spotlighting the Reel China Documentary Biennial, which held its Fifth edition last October with a showcase of nine recent documentaries produced by independent filmmakers in China. To commemorate the event, we are posting a handful of reports by attendees of the festival. By Mirela David Three documentaries made an impression on me at the 5th Reel China Documentary Biennial: Du Haibin’s 1428, Ji Dan’s Spiral Staircase of Harbin a

Accessing the Everyday: Report From Reel China #2

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Dec 13, 2010

Accessing the Everyday: Report From Reel China #2

1428 (dir. Du Haibin) This week we are spotlighting the Reel China Documentary Biennial, which held its Fifth edition last October with a showcase of nine recent documentaries produced by independent filmmakers in China. To commemorate the event, we are posting a handful of reports by attendees of the festival. Be sure to read the first report previously published, “Absurdity, Art and Life on Tape” by Isabella Tianzi Cai. Accessing the Everyday By Carol Wang How does one acce

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