AMES Presents: 'Living the Pandemic' film series --
Featuring New Works from The Folk Memory Project, Caochangdi, China
"The Death of Baijiashan"
(Liu Xiaoqian, 2024, 110 min, China, Chinese w/ English subtitles, Digital)
-- Virtual Q&A to follow with filmmaker Liu Xiaoqian
In my hometown.
The memory of past hunger is still alive.
Talk of the reality of death permeates the everyday.
The threats of death in the past and the deaths we face now,
Becoming something that people cannot rely on and cannot shake off.
About the Director：
In January 2021, Liu Xiaoqian participated in the Folk Memory Project and started to go back to her village to shoot, and in the process of shooting, she is also getting to know herself and understanding herself.
About the series:
This screening is part of the 2025 Living the Pandemic Film Series by AMES Presents, featuring new works from The Folk Memory Project, Caochangdi, China.
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https://repository.duke.edu/dc/memoryproject]
Sponsored by the Dept. of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian/Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Duke Cinematic Arts, and the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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Event URL:
https://cinematicarts.duke.edu/screensociety/screenings/death-baijiashan-memory-project-living-pandemic-series
Screen/Society screenings are free and open to the public.
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