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Going Global: Chinese Independent Documentary

Lecturer in Chinese

45:36·2026·undergraduate level·Public Colloquium

An insightful analysis of the trajectory of Chinese independent documentary cinema, exploring its engagement with international markets, storytelling conventions, and the complexities of humanitarian narratives.

// Introduction — Chinese independent documentary and the question of going global

// The Sundance-K'Nex workshops — training Chinese filmmakers for overseas markets

// Story as commodity — character-driven narrative and the three-act structure

// The humanitarian industrial logic — NGOs, storytelling and the Open Society Foundation

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