Wang Bing
Filmed over the course of two years between 1999 and 2001 and details the slow decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy.
An elderly woman walks along a snowy street to her apartment. She makes herself comfortable in her chair and speaks to the camera. ...
A nameless scavenger the day he works like an animal into the ruins; the night, he sleeps like a primitive in a cave. His food comes from his own picking or from what he finds in nother villages.
Based on Yang Xianhui’s book Goodbye Jiabiangou, this film recounts the harrowing story of at a labour camp. Wang devoted several years to interviewing the camp survivors, who shared their devastating and chilling experiences.