Journalists have written thousands of column inches on China’s rapid transformation; now a new generation of media artists is sharing perspectives on this transition. Curated by Li Zhenhua, this series of 14 experimental films from Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou explores a range of themes, from ping-pong to Christianity, personal desire to China’s revolutionary history. From Kao Kai’s look back at her generation’s idols, including Chairman Mao, Che Guevara, Bob Dylan, and Malcolm X in Summer of 1969 to Du Jie’s 22Yuan, a meditation on how one of the world’s most populous cities can contain millions of pockets of loneliness, these works express the country’s social, economic, and political changes in evocative ways that transcend journalistic fact or the limitations of language. Running time 105 minutes.
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