Indie Filmmakers: China’s New Guerillas
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more from Movies:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/movies/27semp.html?_r=1&ref=arts
OVER the course of six years Zhao Dayong, an independent filmmaker from Guangzhou, China, spent many months living among the residents of Zhiziluo, an impoverished and forgotten village in the rugged mountains near the Myanmar border, and filming their lives.Using his own money and simple digital filmmaking equipment he made “Ghost Town,” a quiet, hypnotizing, three-hour documentary that provides an extraordinary and intimate portrait of Chinese life.
Like independent filmmakers everywhere, Mr. Zhao worked with no guarantee of an audience, or even a place to show his work. By his estimates only a few thousand people have seen “Ghost Town” in China since he finished it last year. Several hundred more are scheduled to see it Sunday afternoon when the film has its international premiere at the New York Film Festival.
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da100thmonkey
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Thanks for adding this - would love to see the whole film - how/where can we find it?
peace - 5 months ago
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da100thmonkey
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jlichman
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da100thmonkey:
Plays tomorrow at Lincoln Center for New York Film Festival.
2 pm.But keep an eye on dgeneratefilms' website for future screenings.
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jlichman
