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Chinese Independent Cinema: Past, Present, and a Questionable Future

Chinese Independent Cinema: Past, Present, and a Questionable Future

Berry, Chris
Robinson, Luke
Yu, Sabrina Qiong

Paperback

Series: Critical Asian Cinemas

Chinese HistoryFilmmakingGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1041176848
ISBN13: 9781041176848
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 16 2026
Pages: 312
Language: English
Independent cinema in China is not only made outside the commercial system but also without being submitted for censorship. We know that for several decades it has been the crucible out of which China's most exciting new films have flowed. The essays in this volume interrogate what else we think we know. Did it really start with Wu Wenguang and Bumming in Beijing in 1990, or can its roots be traced back much earlier? What are its aesthetics? And its ethics, including of gender and class? Where do audiences watch these films in China and how do they circulate? And, since the 2017 Film Law defined uncensored films as illegal, is independent Chinese cinema still alive? What does it mean today? And does it have a future? The essays in this anthology--many by exciting new scholars--explore these urgent questions.

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