Dewi Yee
Wu Tian Ming
Clairmonte Moore
Trinh
T. Minh-ha |
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| 102 min. color film (1991) | ||||||||
| Directed, Written & Edited by | Trinh T. Minh-ha | |||||||
| Production & Lighting Designer | Jean-Paul Bourdier | |||||||
| Cinematography | Kathleen Beeler & Trinh T. Minh-ha | |||||||
| Featuring | Ying
Lee Dewi Yee Wu Tian Ming Clairmonte Moore |
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| The film, whose title plays on the meanings of an ancient Chinese game and on the creative elements of filmmaking, is an excursion into the maze of allegorical naming. It ponders questions of power and change as related to the contemporary shifts of culture and politics in China, and as refracted by the Tiennamen Square event. | ||||||||
| "One of the most extraordinary documentaries of recent years and a major creative intervention on the conventions of the genre... a complex meditation on questions of power, change, politics and culture, weaving the points of view of both insiders and outsiders engaged in many different areas of social and artistic activity... A beautiful and moving film, as challenging and stimulating formally as it is politically" | ||
| - London Film Festival | ||
| "Politics, poetry are 'contents' of her work. Trinh T. Minh-ha's heartfelt and carefully cultivated approach to life and art is displayed, like tattoos, all over her award-winning body of work." | ||
| - Jeff Kaliss, The Oakland Tribune | ||
| "You don't catch the vital spirit of things in formal likeness, says one of Trinh's narrators. The ancient Chinese philosopher who first uttered these words could have been describing the director's own style of filmmaking. Her subtle informality succeeds where others have failed in understanding China. Trinh transcends politics, history and culture, creating a film every bit as complex, mysterious and intriguing as China itself." | ||
| - Andrew Leonard, The Daily Californian | ||
| Festivals | |||
| Yamagata, Japan | |||
| Sydney, Australia | |||
| Creteil, France | |||
| Bombay, India | |||
| Rotterdam, Netherlands | |||
| Melbourne, Autrailia | |||
| London | |||
| Madrid, Spain | |||
| Mannheim, Germany | |||
| Jerusalem | |||
| Asian American | |||
| AFI, Los Angeles |
| Awards | ||||
| Jury's Best Cinematagraphy Awards, 1992 Sundance Film Festival | ||||
| Golden Athena, Best Experimental Feature Documentary, Athens Film Festival | ||||