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Women folk cultural revolution

1975 Uyghur opera's movie adaptation of The Red Lantern

Zhonggang, a former commercial harbour in Miaoli County once suffering from sedimentation and decline, thrived again with its joss paper (ghost money) industry. Almost every family was part of it: Different generations worked together, attaching gold foils and stamping the paper in red ink, before sending it to dry. When massive stacks of golden joss paper basked in the sun, the town seemed to be covered in dreamy golden waves.

This film documents the activities of the Stars Group, an underground collective of artists who pursued freedom of expression in China in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Huang Rui, Ma Desheng, and Wang Keping were key figures in the collective. The film begins with the group’s 1979 exhibition outside the National Art Museum of China in Beijing and records its closure by the authorities, the street demonstrations to protest the closure, negotiations with the authorities, and the subsequent exhibition at Beihai Park. The work is the only known video that records these significant moments, and it also offers insight into life in Beijing after the end of the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). Held at M+ Museum in Hong Kong.

A documentary chronicle of the excavation of a Western Han dynasty tomb in Hunan province and the camera-observed autopsy of a remarkably preserved female corpse — a 2,100-year-old noblewoman whose burial goods and condition revealed details of elite life in the Han era.

Nominee of the 15th Golden Horse Awards

This full-length documentary documents the construction of the Red Flag Canal, presenting the project as a collective socialist achievement through the visual language of late-1960s Chinese state cinema.

Wang Xiaolei, the educated youth who joined the team to come to the manfeizhai farm, found that the problem of the farm was very serious. Du Shiyou, the production officer, is heavily engaged in speculation and profiteering with the support of Li Chang Chang. In dealing with workers, they engage in material stimulation and give rewards to workers who have over fulfilled their tasks. Xiaolei not only opposes, but also constantly reflects up.

An eccentric old man starts preparing for his funeral after he has a vision that he will die in 7 days. When his granddaughter is forced to look after him, they form an unexpected bond during their journey to complete his bucket list.

A chinese documentary.