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Documenting the Global City Project, Beijing 2009 -- The Jianghu Session 江湖
Collaboration between the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Communication University of China yields films exploring contemporary life in Beijing and the surrounding countryside.
December 19, 2009
USC film student Thenmozhi Soundararajan and Communication University of China student Jane U produced this look at the interchange between a hip hop artist from Los Angeles and another from Beijing. They describe Jianghu 江湖 as referring to chaos, the wild west.
This video is also available on the USCI YouTube Channel.
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Other films from the
"Director" by Liu Guanguang and Zhao Tingting
“Invisible Wall” by Adan Avalos and Han Xie
"Shadow House” by Laura Yilmaz and Yang Yijing
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