Ghost Town (dir. Zhao Dayong)
Following its triumphant US Premiere at the 2009 New York Film Festival, Zhao Dayong’s Ghost Town will enjoy a weeklong run at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The MoMA will screen Ghost Town at the following dates:
Monday, March 15, 2010, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 19, 2010, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 20, 2010, 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 21, 2010, 12:30 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased at the MoMA Film Box Office adjacent to the The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY. Details at the MoMA site.
Further details and trailer after the break.
Zhao’s tremendously rewarding film illuminates the alienation and marginalization of the denizens of one of China’s countless remote villages. Divided into three parts, this epic documentary takes an intimate look at its varied cast of characters, bringing audiences face to face with people who were unceremoniously left behind by China’s new economy. Zhao displays great compassion and respect for the squatters and other inhabitants of the village, and he patiently teases out the special places and attachments to which they cling. Cleverly structured and beautifully shot, the film is a gratifying, if ultimately heartbreaking, testimonial to the talent and commitment of China’s vanguard independent documentary movement.
Description from the MoMA program
Trailer: