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CCS Documentary Film Series: Fuck Cinema
With a single handheld camera, Wu Wenguang follows a homeless man who hangs out in front of the Beijing Film Academy, hoping to find someone interested in creating a film from his screenplay.
When:
March 22, 2008 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Where
Director Wu Wenguang; China, 2006; Mandarin with English subtitles (170 minutes)
Vérité documentarist Wu Wenguang waited a long time before releasing this sharp, yet moving, indictment of how cinema is affecting -- and sometimes destroying--the lives of ordinary people in China.
Cost:
Free and Open to the Public
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