Tag: Chinese Films
Paths of the Soul
A Film Review
Regardless of each person’s personal reason, the ultimate purpose of the pilgrimage was to pray for others.
Plastic China
A Film Review
A glimpse of how two families live their lives recycling plastic waste in China.
Maineland
A Film Review
What happens when you take wealthy urban high school students and drop them down in a small town in Maine?
Lost and Love
A Film Review
Hope in the face of devastating loss. A film about child trafficking in China.
Dwarves Kingdom
A Film Review
A documentary exploring the lives of some of China's "little people" living and working at a theme park in Yunnan.
Knife in the Clear Water
A Film Review
Another favorite film from the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Aftershock
A Film Review
“Earthquake in China” Whenever these words are heard, the first thing that comes to mind is usually the devastation in Sichuan province that took place in 2008. But for those who are old enough to have been around for it, they’ll also think of the Tangshan earthquake of 1976. The magnitude 7.5 quake claimed the lives of 240,000 people who lived in the industrial city of Tangshan, located 140 kilometers away from Beijing. This tragic event in history is the starting point in director Feng Xiaogang’s film Aftershock.
As Time Goes by in Shanghai
A Film Review
Shanghai’s Peace Old Jazz Band is said to be "the oldest jazz band in the world.” The members of the band, aged between 65 and 87 years of age, have been playing together at Shanghai’s Peace Hotel nightly for over 30 years. This delightful documentary by German director, Uli Gaulke, features the six sprightly bandmates as they are invited to play at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands—the biggest show of their careers!