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The Memory Project: Independent Chinese Documentary Film Festival
University of California Santa Barbara's Department of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies presents a screening of Chinese documentary films.
Where
Featuring Wu Wenguang, Zou Xueping, Zhang Mengqi and Li Xinmin
Thursday, Nov 6, 2014 @ HSSB 6020 McCune Conference Room
- 6:30 Because of Hunger: Diary I (90 min. 2013; dir. Wu Wenguang)
- 8:00 Documenting Contemporary China: Panel Discussion with Wu Wenguang, Zou Xueping, Zhang Mengqi, and Li Xinmin
Friday Nov 7, 2014 @ UCSB, MultiCultural Center Theater
- 10:00 Trash Village (82 min. 2013; dir. Zou Xueping)
- 1:00 Self-Portrait (77 min. 2013; dir. Zhang Mengqi)
- 3:00 Huamulin, Boy Xiaoqiang (76 min. 2013; dir. Li Xinmin)
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