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CCS Documentary Film Series: The Villager Documentary Project: My Village 2006
A collection of ten short documentary films by amateur villager filmmakers (ranging in age from 24 to 59) selected from rural villages around China.
Where
China, 2006; in Chinese, Zhuang and Tibetan with English subtitles; (95 minutes) Curator/Producer: Wu Wenguang; Produced by Caochangdi Workstation, 2006 When China's central government allowed local elections to proceed in 2005, documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang, one of the main exponents of the Beijing-based "New Documentary Movement," offered villagers in remote areas of the country DV cameras and technical training so that they could document this historic event.
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