Wu Wenguang

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停机
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停机

Jan 01, 1994

停机
1994 55 min 1 vues
The one directorial feature by Ning Dai, sister of 5th generation filmmaker Ning Ying and wife of 6th generation filmmaker Zhang Yuan. It follows a chaotic period in November of 1993, when production suddenly halted on Zhang Yuan's TV film adaptation of a popular novel, Chicken Feathers, after the Chinese Film Bureau announced that Zhang could no longer direct the film due to submitting his previous independent feature, 1992's Beijing Bastards, to a film festival in Japan without receiving the proper authorization to do so. Ning's documentary features anguished meetings between the Chicken Feather's production crew as they debate replacing Zhang with another director, along with testimonials on the state of censorship in Chinese independent cinema of the early '90s from Wu Wenguang, Tang Danian, He Jianjun, Cui Jian, and others.
操他妈的电影
4.5

操他妈的电影

Dec 31, 2004

操他妈的电影
2004 173 min 4 vues
This documentary shows how different young people try to realize their dreams to become famous through the film industry.
Documentary
霾与雾
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霾与雾

Sep 21, 2013

霾与雾
2013 47 min 1 vues
Darkly humorous reinterpretation of the zombie film, set in Beijing. Here the undead are real estate agents, nouveau riche businessmen, security guards, manicurists, and sex workers seeking contact in an increasingly individualized, alienating society.
Drama
洛洛的恐惧
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洛洛的恐惧

Oct 09, 2021

洛洛的恐惧
2021 84 min 1 vues
Luo Luo’s intense fear of Covid-19 keeps her in the house during the pandemic. She listens to her father relate their family history, and spends time on Zoom with fellow Folk Memory Project members Wu Wenguang and Zhang Mengqi.
Documentary
纪念碑
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纪念碑

Aug 27, 2021

纪念碑
2021 137 min 1 vues
Edited together from materials taken from Caochangdi performances and activities between 2012-2013 and Wu Wenguang's own body camera record, this film can be regarded as a kind of "story follow-up" version of "Because of Hunger". In short, it is a kind of "remembrance".
Documentary
出汗
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出汗

Dec 27, 2002

出汗
2002 126 min 1 vues
Never broadcasted feature film by Chinese documentary filmmaker Kang Jianning.
Drama
之间
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之间

Jul 12, 2017

之间
2017 59 min 1 vues
Wu Wenguang revisits the artist Gao Bo more than 20 years after their earlier encounters which were documented in "Bumming in Beijing" (1990) and "At Home in the World" (1995).
亮出你的家伙
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亮出你的家伙

Jun 15, 2010

亮出你的家伙
2010 171 min 1 vues
Wu Wenguang's comment: This film looks at my relationship with the village filmmakers— or I might say, how we met and got entangled. The film’s material comes from video recordings of the Villager Documentary Project from 2005-2009. It is about how these complete strangers and I became tied, bound, and rolled up together. And it’s about the phrase I keep wanting to shout to them,“Stand your ground! None of you run from this!”
自传挣扎
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自传挣扎

Oct 23, 2018

自传挣扎
2018 64 min 1 vues
This film is the second segment of my “Autobiography Series.” From the moment when my mother disclosed a long kept secret, my birth was accompanied by many struggles for my mother. Those “struggles” include: during pregnancy, “should this child be kept,” to the painful struggles in the delivery process. Struggles have also accompanied since I was born, becoming part of my life.
Documentary
流浪北京
7.7

流浪北京

Jan 01, 1990

流浪北京
1990 134 min 6 vues
A documentary following five young artists from around China, who travelled to Beijing in the 1980s to work as freelancers, exploring their lives, careers, and what aspirations they may have for the future.
Documentary
操他妈的电影
4.5

操他妈的电影

Dec 31, 2004

操他妈的电影
2004 173 min 4 vues
This documentary shows how different young people try to realize their dreams to become famous through the film industry.
Documentary
贾夫奎的冬天
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贾夫奎的冬天

Jan 01, 2010

贾夫奎的冬天
2010 30 min 1 vues
A documentary film following the daily life of director's grandfather in the winter of 2011. At 80 years old with five sons, the grandfather insists to live by himself in the rural area of Hebei
Documentary
回到花木林
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回到花木林

Jan 01, 2011

回到花木林
2011 75 min 1 vues
Li Xinmin's first return to her village in Yunnan province. Alongside interviews with some village elders, the film reveals the filmmaker's family and their views on her film project.
Documentary
罗家屋 : 我和任定其
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罗家屋 : 我和任定其

Jan 01, 2011

罗家屋 : 我和任定其
2011 80 min 1 vues
Luo Bing went back to Luo village, where he was born and grew up, and interviewed older people to know what happened during famine from 1959-1961. His neighbor, Ren Dingqi wrote a memoir, but he didn't really show it to Luo Bing. Luo Bing knew the history of this village much more after getting close to Ren Dingqi every time
Documentary
吃飽的村子
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吃飽的村子

Jan 01, 2011

吃飽的村子
2011 88 min 1 vues
It is the director's second documentary of "my village" series since she got involved with the "Folk Memory Project". She returned to her hometown to shoot footage, recording the realities she encountered in her search for memories. Her biggest question is: after experiencing the disaster of the tragic famine fifty years ago, the villagers now are not short of food, and are living a better life than before, but is the spirit of this village still starving?
Documentary
花木林 2012
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花木林 2012

Jan 01, 2012

花木林 2012
2012 75 min 1 vues
A documentary following the filmmaker, Li Xinmin, who went back to her hometown and interviewed the elders in her village who lived through the Great Famine during 1959- 1961. The residents of this village Huamulin are still isolated. At the same time, the film reflects the loneliness in the real life of village's old people
Documentary
双井, 我是你的孙子
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双井, 我是你的孙子

Jan 01, 2012

双井, 我是你的孙子
2012 78 min 1 vues
A documentary following the filmmaker, Shu Qiao, who went back to his hometown of Shuangjing, a rural village in Hunan Province. He interviewed the elders in his village who lived through the Great Famine during 1959-1961. His main purpose was to gather the names of those who suffered and died during the famine and to ask the village to donate money for erecting a monument in their name
Documentary
进攻张高村
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进攻张高村

Jan 01, 2012

进攻张高村
2012 86 min 1 vues
A documentary following the filmmaker, Wang Hai'an, who went back to his hometown of Zhanggao Cun, a rural village in Shandong Province. He interviewed the elders in his village who lived through the Great Famine during 1959- 1961. His main purpose was to gather the names of those who suffered and died during the famine and to ask the village to donate money for erecting a monument in their name, but the idea was rejected by the villagers
Documentary
孩子的村子
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孩子的村子

Jan 01, 2012

孩子的村子
2012 85 min 1 vues
Zou Xueping continues to interview old people in her village, this time with the help of local children. They start collecting names and money to erect a memorial for the victims of the famine.
Documentary
操他妈的电影
4.5

操他妈的电影

Dec 31, 2004

操他妈的电影
2004 173 min 4 vues
This documentary shows how different young people try to realize their dreams to become famous through the film industry.
Documentary
操他妈的电影
4.5

操他妈的电影

Dec 31, 2004

操他妈的电影
2004 173 min 4 vues
This documentary shows how different young people try to realize their dreams to become famous through the film industry.
Documentary
操他妈的电影
4.5

操他妈的电影

Dec 31, 2004

操他妈的电影
2004 173 min 4 vues
This documentary shows how different young people try to realize their dreams to become famous through the film industry.
Documentary
江湖
1

江湖

Jan 01, 1999

江湖
1999 149 min 1 vues
A documentary of the Yuanda Song and Dance Tent Show, a wandering troupe from the countryside of Henan Province that is on the road all four seasons of the year.
Documentary
江湖
1

江湖

Jan 01, 1999

江湖
1999 149 min 1 vues
A documentary of the Yuanda Song and Dance Tent Show, a wandering troupe from the countryside of Henan Province that is on the road all four seasons of the year.
Documentary
纪念碑
1

纪念碑

Aug 27, 2021

纪念碑
2021 137 min 1 vues
Edited together from materials taken from Caochangdi performances and activities between 2012-2013 and Wu Wenguang's own body camera record, this film can be regarded as a kind of "story follow-up" version of "Because of Hunger". In short, it is a kind of "remembrance".
Documentary
纪念碑
1

纪念碑

Aug 27, 2021

纪念碑
2021 137 min 1 vues
Edited together from materials taken from Caochangdi performances and activities between 2012-2013 and Wu Wenguang's own body camera record, this film can be regarded as a kind of "story follow-up" version of "Because of Hunger". In short, it is a kind of "remembrance".
Documentary
中国村民印象计划
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中国村民印象计划

Dec 01, 2005

中国村民印象计划
2005 95 min 1 vues
Filmmakers Wu Wenguang and Jian Yi trained 10 villagers from across China to make films documenting electoral processes in their home villages. Pursuing the ideal that anyone can become a documentary filmmaker, this project sparked a new model of Chinese participatory documentary, with community members depicting their own lives. The resulting works—surprisingly humorous, and filled with their own local flavor—vividly reveal the realities of village life and democracy in action.
Documentary
流浪北京
7.7

流浪北京

Jan 01, 1990

流浪北京
1990 134 min 6 vues
A documentary following five young artists from around China, who travelled to Beijing in the 1980s to work as freelancers, exploring their lives, careers, and what aspirations they may have for the future.
Documentary
調查父親
1

調查父親

May 07, 2016

調查父親
2016 80 min 1 vues
My father was a landowner’s son and an ex-Kuomintang Air Force pilot, who remained in mainland China after 1949. For survival, he tried to transform himself from a man of the ‘old society’ to a man of the ‘new society’. As his son, I started investigating his ‘history before 1949’, which he had kept away from me. This film documents the process of my investigation over twenty years.
Documentary
和民工跳舞
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和民工跳舞

Jan 02, 2002

和民工跳舞
2002 57 min 1 vues
My father was a landowner’s son and an ex-Kuomintang Air Force pilot, who remained in mainland China after 1949. For survival, he tried to transform himself from a man of the ‘old society’ to a man of the ‘new society’. As his son, I started investigating his ‘history before 1949’, which he had kept away from me. This film documents the process of my investigation over twenty years.
Documentary
和民工跳舞
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和民工跳舞

Jan 02, 2002

和民工跳舞
2002 57 min 1 vues
My father was a landowner’s son and an ex-Kuomintang Air Force pilot, who remained in mainland China after 1949. For survival, he tried to transform himself from a man of the ‘old society’ to a man of the ‘new society’. As his son, I started investigating his ‘history before 1949’, which he had kept away from me. This film documents the process of my investigation over twenty years.
Documentary
江湖
1

江湖

Jan 01, 1999

江湖
1999 149 min 1 vues
A documentary of the Yuanda Song and Dance Tent Show, a wandering troupe from the countryside of Henan Province that is on the road all four seasons of the year.
Documentary
治疗
1

治疗

Jan 01, 2010

治疗
2010 80 min 1 vues
Treatment is one of two films Wu Wenguang released in 2010 after a 5-year absence. The film deals with Wu’s memories of his deceased mother and his search for emotional healing.
Documentary
1966：我的红卫兵时代
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1966：我的红卫兵时代

Oct 03, 1993

1966：我的红卫兵时代
1993 140 min 1 vues
More preoccupied with "history" than Wu's other works, My Time in the Red Guards is a record of his fascination with the missed moment, Mao's Cultural Revolution. In 1966, the Red Guards ironically represented the official avant-garde, a movement carried forward by youth determined to become heroes of the Revolution. Wu interviews people who had joined the Red Guards as high schoolers, most now successful professionals, some Party members. The miscalculations and cruelties of this extreme cultural campaign are spread out before us, detailed by personal recollection and further illustrated by old agit-prop newsreels. Misgivings and fond remembrance vie for position as the interviewees seem to confuse the nostalgia of youthful action with the excesses of historical fact.
Documentary
四海为家
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四海为家

Mar 03, 1995

四海为家
1995 90 min 1 vues
A year after he made Bumming in Beijing, Wu Wenguang visited his main figures in Austria, France, Italy and the USA. The desire to escape everything, which was the most compelling feeling while they were still living in Beijing, has meanwhile faded and they are now confronted with the dynamics of emigration. Wu asks what it means to feels deserted by one's own country and how it is when one reacts by deserting it in turn.
Documentary
寻找哈姆雷特
1

寻找哈姆雷特

Jan 01, 2002

寻找哈姆雷特
2002 22 min 1 vues
A journey of the filmmaker, Wu Wenguang, somewhere in China, and his view of public life in the cities and villagers. He meets some of his friends, a gay man in Beijing, and a lesbian couple in Shanghai.
中国人
1

中国人

Mar 02, 1989

中国人
1989 145 min 1 vues
Originally produced in 1988 and 1989, but blocked from being released after June 4th. A large-scale Chinese documentary series that spanned 100s of interviews in nearly 20 provinces, cities, and autonomous regions. It was completed in early 1989, and each of its parts run roughly 50 minutes. The titles of each part: Family, Fertility, Farmers, Youth, Minority, Women, Artists, Kung Fu, and Mission. The series, according to production notes written by screenwriter Zhu Xiaoyang, "reflects the life and fate of contemporary Chinese people, their behaviors, concepts, and customs; explores the influence of traditional culture and foreign cultures on modern Chinese people; and describes the joy and hard work, hardship, and perseverance, as well as exploration and yearning, of the Chinese people." Youth, Kung Fu, Artists, and Minority are the only surviving parts of this series.
調查父親
1

調查父親

May 07, 2016

調查父親
2016 80 min 1 vues
My father was a landowner’s son and an ex-Kuomintang Air Force pilot, who remained in mainland China after 1949. For survival, he tried to transform himself from a man of the ‘old society’ to a man of the ‘new society’. As his son, I started investigating his ‘history before 1949’, which he had kept away from me. This film documents the process of my investigation over twenty years.
Documentary
調查父親
1

調查父親

May 07, 2016

調查父親
2016 80 min 1 vues
My father was a landowner’s son and an ex-Kuomintang Air Force pilot, who remained in mainland China after 1949. For survival, he tried to transform himself from a man of the ‘old society’ to a man of the ‘new society’. As his son, I started investigating his ‘history before 1949’, which he had kept away from me. This film documents the process of my investigation over twenty years.
Documentary
1966：我的红卫兵时代
1

1966：我的红卫兵时代

Oct 03, 1993

1966：我的红卫兵时代
1993 140 min 1 vues
More preoccupied with "history" than Wu's other works, My Time in the Red Guards is a record of his fascination with the missed moment, Mao's Cultural Revolution. In 1966, the Red Guards ironically represented the official avant-garde, a movement carried forward by youth determined to become heroes of the Revolution. Wu interviews people who had joined the Red Guards as high schoolers, most now successful professionals, some Party members. The miscalculations and cruelties of this extreme cultural campaign are spread out before us, detailed by personal recollection and further illustrated by old agit-prop newsreels. Misgivings and fond remembrance vie for position as the interviewees seem to confuse the nostalgia of youthful action with the excesses of historical fact.
Documentary
Action 2024
1

Action 2024

Jan 31, 2025

Action 2024
2025 999 min 1 vues
“Action 2024” is a snapshot of independent filmmaker Wu Wenguang's experiences during the year 2024, which he spent in a village called Shijiawan growing rice, corn, and vegetables, and raising chickens, ducks, and geese. What sets this work apart from Wu's previous films is that it was not conceived as a project first, leading to a film; instead, it emerged organically from the filmmaker's life working in the village—farming and raising poultry—during which time he had attached to his body a miniature camera. This process prioritized living and farming first, followed by documentation, and ultimately resulted in an 18-hour film which follows the chronological order of occurrences and documentation, and is structured into five chapters: “June,” “July,” “August,” “September,” and “October.” Screened online over 5 consecutive Fridays from January 31 to February 28, 2025.