Funded by:
Co-founders of Arsenal; directorate of Forum until 2001
Date of recording: 21.1.2013
Language: German with English subtitles
Films:
HE MIN GONG TIAO WU (Dance with Farm Workers, Wu Wenguang, China 2002)
TIEXI QU (Jenseits der Gleise / Tiexi District, Wang Bing, China 2002)
Items:
Wu Wenguang reads Ulrich Gregor’s film history and decides to make documentary films - an unknown genre at the time in China; Forum 2002; working conditions; illegality; screenings in living rooms; tolerated by authorities; Wang Bing; West of the Tracks; fabulous opening sequence; midnight screening at the Arsenal; Aunt Karin; drinking coffee; Martina Gedeck’s parents; never give up; optimism of the Chinese; Santa Barbara.
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