Lighthouse
2009 | 00:16:15 | China / United States | Chinese, Traditional | B&W and Color | Stereo | 4:3
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Asian-American, Labor, Politics
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Lighthouse is about the labor system and the factory town in Southern China and how individualism is influenced by the social and political infrastructure. Guangdong District is the largest Metropolitan area in one of China's wealthiest provinces, and one of its cities, Guangzhou, attracts farmers from the countryside looking for factory work. The viewer is led to actively compose narratives through the poetic and the sublime images. It opens borders that separate cultural, linguistic and historical differences in the global labor systems.
Prizes + Awards
Distinction Prize and Honorable Mention, IN-OUT Festival, Poland
Premiere
Int'l Doc Fest Amsterdam (IDFA)01/01/2009
Exhibitions + Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival, 2011
European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrouck, Germany, 2010
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, 2010


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