Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index. Filmography: pages 179-181. TV series: page 182.
Contents:
From underground practice to alternative public sphere -- A public of viewer-producers -- Remembering the past, reclaiming history -- The right to be public and a public with rights -- The ethics of encounter in Chinese documentary.
Summary:
"Based on detailed interviews with Chinese documentary filmmakers that are rarely avilable in English, the author draws on the own insights as a journalist working in Beijing to provide a detailed analysis of key contemporary documentaries. This groundbreaking book reveals a sustained attempt to forge an alternative public sphere, where the views and experiences of petitioners, AIDS sufferers, dispossessed farmers and the victims of Mao's repression can be publicly aired for a small but steadily public."
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