Jia Zhang-ke, Still Life, 2006
Jia Zhang-ke, Still Life, 2006
Still Life is set in Fengjie, 150 miles from the Three Gorges Dam, the hydroelectric project on the Yangtze River that submerged thousands of towns and displaced more than a million people. Shot while Fengjie was being demolished, the film has a powerful documentary impact, as two people travel there separately to look for their missing spouses.
Dir. Jia Zhang-ke. 111mins, 2006, China
Credit
Curated by AV Festival 12.
Still Life
Dir. Jia Zhang-ke
£5 / £3.50
Thu 22 March 2012, 7.30pm-9.30pm
Star and Shadow Cinema
Stepney Bank
Newcastle NE1 2NP
starandshadow.org.uk
