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Event Details
October 1, 2016

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
1050 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20560
United States

Screening - Washington, DC

Broken Pots, Broken Dreams: Working in Jingdezhen’s Porcelain Industry

In person: Maris Gillette, director
 
Anthropologist Maris Gillette’s documentary about ceramists in Jingdezhen complements ideas about mass production presented in Chinamania. China’s turn to a market-based economy has affected the personal and professional lives of ceramists in Jingdezhen, a global center of porcelain production for more than a thousand years.
 
Gillette gives a short talk before the screening. Afterward, Lee Glazer, curator of American art, joins her for a moderated Q&A session with the audience. (Dir.: Maris Gillette, United States, 2009, 27 min., DVD, Mandarin with English subtitles)
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