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shareTo catch up with work, a burdened blacksmith in rural China decides not to visit his wife, who works in the city all year round, until a visit from a privileged artist alters his outlook on life.
Directed by Ke Liu
Produced by Hongwei Wu
Director’s Bio: Ke Liu is a Chinese filmmaker based in the U.S. She grew up in Southern China, witnessing China’s real-life magic realism daily, which has inspired her greatly. Before narrative filmmaking, Ke worked on experimental documentaries and video installations featured in galleries and museums worldwide, including El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe and Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Her narrative films have been selected by Norwich Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival and others.
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On the Road
“…The answer might be that people, many people, have lost all their political bearings. Mapless, they do not know where they are heading. Every day people follow signs pointing to some place which is not their home but a chosen destination. Road signs, airport embarkment signs, terminal signs. Some are making their journeys for pleasure, others on business, many out of loss or despair. On arrival they come to realize they are not in the place indicated by the signs they followed. Where they now find themselves has the correct latitude, longitude, local time, currency, yet it does not have the specific gravity of the destination they chose. They are beside the place they chose to come to…” – John Berger, Ten Dispatches About Place
