A screening in Beijing tonight: A documentary about migrant workers by director Ning Ying: Railroad of Hope
The information below is from organizer Cherry Lane movies’ email:
Date: 11 October 2004, 7.00 pm
Venue: Cherry Lane Movie
Address: East of the 21st Century Theater, An Jia Lou Street (off Liang Ma Qiao Road)
Ticket price: free
For more information, please contact:
Genevieve Domenach-Chich on 6532-7684, ext. 158 or 137
About Ning Ying
Ning Ying is internationally heralded as one of the most prominent film director in China today, pioneering the new urban generation of Chinese cinema emerged over the last decade. Her work has won recognition from international film festivals. Her best known feature films include: “For Fun” (1992), “On the Beat” (1995) and “I Love Beijing” (2001). Her recent film “Railroad of Hope” received one of the top international awards, the Grand Prix du Cinema du Reel in Paris.
About Railroad of Hope
Every year during August and September several thousands of agricultural workers leave Sichuan by train for a long journey of more than 3000 Km, lasting three days and two nights, towards China’s far-west: Xinjiang Autonomous Region, where endless cotton fields are awaiting for the harvest. For most of them it’s the first time away from the native villages, as well as the first time on a train. Probably for the first time ever, we can listen to Chinese peasants from poor interior regions speaking openly and sincerely about their lives.