Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest

Since this was originally introduced to us as a five-hour long film with no dialogue, I had to find out more. It's actually a film in five parts, with each one ranging in length from 30 to 70 minutes. Total running time about four hours. Also, there is a narrator, so it is not without human voice. There is a clip on the Asia Society website for the initiated:

Asia Society - Yang Fudong and Seven Intellectuals film

No information on how to view the film as far as I can see, though.

Taiwan Cinema

Taiwan Cinema

An interesting article by Douglas Kellner on some of today's topics.

NPR: Ever-Growing Past Confounds History Teachers

Interesting rumination on when something becomes "history" and how to teach it. The full segment is about 16 mins long.

Here is the link to the full radio segment.

Chinese documentaries - article in film journal

Senses of Cinema, Issue 63:

Street Level Visions: China’s Digital Documentary Movement

 In 2012, the 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) will feature “Street Level Visions: Indie Docs from China”, a retrospective of seven digital documentaries produced over the past eight years by independent Chinese directors. Prominent filmmakers Ou Ning and Wang Jiuliang will also be in Melbourne as guests of the festival. The curator of the season, Dan Edwards, takes a look at the seven titles appearing at MIFF and considers their place within China’s burgeoning independent documentary field.

Read the full article here.

Lunch at the Red Herring with live Entertainment

Minnie makes her stage debut singing a duet....

Chinese Artifacts at the Chicago Art Institute

Went with Jess and Valerie to Chicago this weekend.  Snapped some pics of Chinese artifacts at the Art  Institute.  Thought you might enjoy....

China At Brookfield Zoo

In the bird house...

Gary's ppt template for Facebook.

Here is a great resource for your kids to use on a Facebook project. Thank you, Gary!




Here is a link to the ppt if you want to download it.

China on Frontline

I did a search for "china" on the Frontline web site and here are my results...

Young and Restless in China

I just received this in my Facebook feed. I think it was mentioned in class. It's a Frontline documentary by Sue Williams (The Mao Years) and you can watch the whole thing streaming.