Documentary Screening:3 New Films of Villager Documentary Project

Date:December 29,2007 (Saturday)
Time:13:30-17:30
Venue: Caochangdi Workstation


My Village 2006
Director: Shao Yuzhen
80 min./2007


Synopsis:
The film is about everyday life in the village where the filmmaker has been living. Since Shao participated in the Villager Documentary Project in 2005 and started using a digital video camera for first time, she has been shooting everyday life in her village. This film was edited out of over 70 hours of footage that she had shot, and she edited it by herself.

Shao Yuzhen, female, born in 1950, a farmer from Beijing. She participated China Villager Documentary Project, which is organized by Caochangdi Workstation. With the project, he competed his first short documentary I Film My Village.

My Village 2006
Director: Zhang Huancai
90 min./2007

Synopsis
For the Villager Documentary Project, Zhang worked the hardest of the ten villager filmmakers. He continues to use his digital video camera to film life in or around his village and his daily life as a laborer. Until now, he has shot more than 100 hours of footage, which include footage of the lives of various villagers his is very familiar with, and the things that are happening around him. He has been editing a series documentary about his village, including his life. The film that will screen is one of them.

Zhang Huancai, born in 1960, is a farmer in Shaanxi Province. He participated China Village Documentary Project, 2005, and competed his first short documentary A Futile Election

My Village 2006
Directed & Edited by Wang Wei
70 min./2007

Synopsis:
The film is about everyday life in the village where the filmmaker has been living.

Wang Wei, male, born in 1977, a farmer from Shandong Province, China. He participated China Villager Documentary Project, which is organized by Caochangdi Workstation. With the project, he competed his first short documentary Land Distribution.