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NAFF 2010 | Digital Underground in the People's Republic of China
By Kwaku Adu-PokuDigital Underground in the People's Republic of China
USA, 2008, 18 min
DIR: Rachel Tejada
Produced by dGenerate Films
Digital Underground is a documentary that traces the proliferation and dissemination of independent film in China. The film was produced by dGenerate Films, a company committed to bringing unprecedented and uncensored films from China's underground independent film scene to the US market. These films represent some of the last vestiges of independent media in China today, and as such they often provide an unauthorized look into the experience of Chinese people as it is actually lived, rather than what the state allows to be seen.
The film consists of six documentary shorts containing conversations with people involved to various degrees in the independent film scene, including directors, film festival organizers, and producers.
I really enjoyed this film. Not only was it neatly presented, but this is an issue that I personally knew nothing about before this film. The film shed valuable light on the extent of censorship in China, and the loopholes that allow the underground and independent film scene to exist. Also, the musical score is awesome.
Independent films have become one way to showcase artistic expression and make unedited social commentary and criticism. I began to ponder the implications of living such a socially regulated reality, where freedom of expression may not necessarily be the norm. The popularity of such films represents important generational shifts happening in China. Digital Underground is the kind of film that's both eye-opening and enlightening, and it will help you make sense of some of the context in which some of the other films featured at the New Asia Film Festival were created and realized.
Screening: Saturday, May 29th, at 4:45pm.
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