Reel China Collection- Volume 2
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Today, communist ideals are thrown over board, one by one. They are replaced with a strange mixture of ultra-liberal recipes and Chinese solidarity, the ideology of which is yet to be written. This is the backdrop for an outstanding collection of compelling documentaries by Chinese filmmakers that tell us about the joys and sorrows, the highs and lows, the dreams and the deceptions of ordinary Chinese people. Documentaries include: Searching For YU Bin French with English subtitles A film by Jean-Christophe YU Following the many letters written by his grandfather YU Bin, filmmaker Jean-Chritophe-Yu rediscovers both the hope and despair of Chinese history of the last century. Intermingled with the great history, the fate of YU Bin is revealed as a compelling, sometimes poetic, but always interesting human adventure. The numerous historical references and their unique relationship with the personal events discovered through the eyes of Yu Bin transcend the family setting to become universal. In many ways, the film helps us to better understand little known facts about China in the first half of the last century. Generation 90 French with English subtitles A film by HE Wenzhong The Chinese generation born in the 90s has not experienced the
