We the workers.
MIÉRCOLES 22 | CINETECA NACIONAL | 20:00 HR. | 2 HR. 56 MIN.
SÁBADO 25 | FORO: UNIVERSIDAD DE LA COMUNICACIÓN | 16:00 HR. | 2 HR. 56 MIN.
| We the workers. Nosotros los trabajadores. China,Hong Kong | 2017 | Color HD |174minDirector: Wen hai Producer: Zeng Jinyan Production Company: Zeng Jinyan and Wen Hai Production Cinematography: Wen Hai,Jack Huang Sound: Gary Sze, Charles Chan, Danny Lo Music: Robert Ellis-Geiger Editing: Jack Huang Cast: Peng Jiayong, Deng Xiaoming, Chen Huihai, Zhang Zhiru, Dean Yi, Zeng Feiyang, Zhu Xiaomei, Meng Han, Tang Jian, Wu Guijun, Lin Dong, Jian Hui Production Company: Zeng Jinyan and Wen Hai Production |
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| Huang Wenhai
Wen Hai studied at the Beijing Film Academy and has since 2001 been active as an independent film director. Among his best known films are Floating Dust (2003), that got the Prix Georges Beauregard at the 16th Festival International du Documentaire in Marseille in 2005, Dream Walking (2005), and the film We (Women) that won the Horizons Special Mention award at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival. WEN Hai also worked as a camera man on WANG Bing’s film Three Sisters (2012). |
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| Synopsis
Shot over a six-year period (2009-15) mainly in the industrial heartland of south China, a major hub in the global supply chain, this film follows labor activists as they find common grounds with workers, helping them to negotiate with local officials and factory owners over wages and working conditions. Threats, attacks, detention and boredom become part of their daily lives as they struggle to strengthen worker solidarity in the face of threats and pressures from police and their employers. In the process, we see in their words and actions the emergence of a nascent working class consciousness and labor movement in China. |
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| Festivals
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival |
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