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The Tangled Dynamics of Independent Filmmaking in Contemporary China
The workshop will make extensive use of the unique, vast collection of Chinese independent films archived in UC San Diego's Geisel Library.
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Various academic units at UC San Diego have joined forces to host an extended visit by celebrated Chinese independent filmmaker Wu Wenguang. This seven-day, multidisciplinary workshop will be organized and led by UC San Diego professors Paul Pickowicz and Yingjin Zhang, coeditors of "From Underground to Independent: Alternative Film Culture in Contemporary China" (2006). The workshop will make extensive use of the unique, vast collection of Chinese independent films archived in UC San Diego’s Geisel Library.
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