Ma Zhandong

广场

Ma Zhandong

This experimental short, shot in a number of public spaces across China, explores the ways individual self-expression may in fact become codified in collective forms—or, if you like, how collective performance extends into the age of the supposed individual.

海石湾

Ma Zhandong

The Third Front movement described by sons of workers who relocated in Gansu.

五月一天

Ma Zhandong

Deng Shengyin, Zhu Xiaorong

On May 12th, Deng Shengyin from Beichuan was working outside. When he heard the news, his wife Zhu Xiaorong, who was in the county seat, had fortunately escaped the disaster, but the child who had just gone to school never returned. This film records the living condition of Zhu Xiaorong's family in Beichuan for more than a year after the disaster.