Long Bow Trilogy
How it feels
A documentary series that observes daily life and social changes in a Chinese village during the 1980s. It features interviews with villagers and follows their work and family interactions.
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What happens
The Long Bow Trilogy is a 1986 documentary film trilogy co-directed by Carma Hinton and Richard Gordon. The films focus on a variety of topics, but all depict life in Zhangzhuangcun (translated as Long Bow Village), a village in the Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China often known as the topic of the book Fanshen by Carma Hinton's father, William H. Hinton. Many of the people mentioned or interviewed for Fanshen appear in the films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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