Co-founders of Arsenal; directorate of Forum until 2001
Date of recording: 21.1.2013
Language: German with English subtitles
Films:
MINJING GUSHI (Auf Streife / ON THE BEAT, Ning Ying, China 1995)
XI WANG ZHI LÜ (Railroad of Hope, Ning Ying, China 2001)
XIARI NUANYANGYANG (I Love Beijing, Ning Ying, China 2001)
ZHAO LE (Zum Vergnügen / FOR FUN, Ning Ying, China 1993)
WU SHAN YUN YU (Regenwolken über Wu Shan/ RAINCLOUDS OVER WU SHAN, Zhang Ming, China 1995)
XIAO WU (Jia Zhang-ke, China 1997)
ZHANTAI (Platform, Jia Zhang-ke, China 2000)
Items:
Ning Ying, films about dogs and aging opera singers; FOR FUN; ON THE BEAT; policemen on bicycles; RAINCLOUDS OVER WU SHAN; difficulty accessing China; directors strung along; tips from Hong Kong; VHS cassettes; mother-in-law; keyhole perspective; video films without authorization; Jia Zhang-ke, XIAO WU electrified; Staudte Prize; how to get a film out of the country without a censorship visa.