Synopsis
(United States/ People's Republic of China, 2013) Dir.: Danielle Schmidt
The rapid increase in prosperity and the international modernization of Shanghai has been implemented on a mass scale at the expense of the displacement of lower-income traditional Chinese communities. As residents of a Shikumen area known as Lan Yan, Mr. Zhang and his daughter reflect upon the sense of closeness and community he and his neighbors have experienced for over a century despite their cramped living conditions.
Digital, 14 min., color, documentary, in Mandarin w/ E.S.