[BCR] Fwd: [chinarains] Upcoming: Sep 23, Tuesday, film-screening
Xiaohui Lin
From: Ling Yang <ling...@stanford.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Subject: [chinarains] Upcoming: Sep 23, Tuesday, film-screening
To: china...@lists.stanford.edu
Hi all,
I hope you have enjoyed a nice summer!
Yes this time our events start from the right begining of the new quarter!
Next Tuesday, Ou Ning will bring his documentary film Meishi Street to
us and share with us his insights on the transformation of China urban
landscape, and the conflict between grassroot community and
government.
We seldom have lecturers on film, so you have no excuse to miss it and
catch up with old friends!
Please see the poster below. Note that the place is temporary because
the booking for fall quarter starts working at Sep 22. I'll keep you
updated about the place.
See you!
Ling
Stanford ChinaRains (http://chinarains.blogspot.com)
Film Screening and Discussion
Meishi Street
煤市街
Ou, Ning
欧 宁
Working language: Chinese
Tuesday, September 23, 7-9pm
Room Nairobi, Graduate Community Center (Temporary)
750 Escondido Road, Stanford, CA 94305
Meishi Street
Digital video, color, 85 minutes, English subtitle, 2006
Director: Ou Ning
Original video by: Zhang Jinli
Additional camera work: Huang Weikai, Ou Ning, Cao Fei
Meishi Street is located on the southwest side of Beijing's Tiananmen
Square and runs from north to south. In this old city district, called
Da Zha Lan, the city was carrying out a project to improve traffic and
facilities for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. On December 27, 2004,
the Beijing Municipal Government launched a project to widen Meishi
Street to 25 meters from its original 8 meters. Many of the original
residents living along the street faced the demolition of their homes
and relocation to other areas of the city. Zhang Jinli, Sun Tiesheng
and Liu Ruiping are three of these residents. They're not satisfied
with the compensation plan made by the government and developers and
started a journey of protecting their rights. All failed in the end
though with their properties destroyed by force, even including Zhang
Jinli, the most resistant one. This is not a rare case in most cities
in China during the process of development. However, what's special
about this film is many clips were taken by these victims themselves,
which irreplaceably strengthens the passion and pain you can feel in
them. Their struggles changed Meishi Street, a normal urban space, and
gave it new meanings. In the age of sharp changes, equipped with
cameras, Zhang Jinli and the likes are the recorders of alternative
history.
Ling Yang and Tianjue Luo
ChinaRains at Stanford University
Ling Yang
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Department of Sociology
Stanford University
Building 120, Room 260
McClatchy Hall, 450 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA94305
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