Hu Jie Movies

  • 2005
    Painting For The Revolution: Peasants Paintings from HU County

    Painting For The Revolution: Peasants Paintings from HU County

    Painting For The Revolution: Peasants Paintings from HU County

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    Hu County, in suburban Xi’an, is famous for its peasant paintings, produced in 1958 during the Great Leap Forward. It became particularly...

    Painting For The Revolution: Peasants Paintings from HU County
  • 2012
    The Anecdotes of Gelagu

    The Anecdotes of Gelagu

    The Anecdotes of Gelagu

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    This documentary records the journey of Zhang Xianchi from a communist Chinese soldier to a prisoner and a writer of independent mind, in some ways...

    The Anecdotes of Gelagu
  • 2007
    The Circle of Life

    The Circle of Life

    The Circle of Life

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    Like most local young women, Xiaohua met Chunling, a young man from another village, through a matchmaker and chose a good day to get married. After...

    The Circle of Life
  • 2008
    You and Me

    You and Me

    You and Me

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    This is a poem that asks about human nature, the world, friendship, love and faith.

    You and Me
  • 2004
    Electing a Village Chief

    Electing a Village Chief

    Electing a Village Chief

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    With the opening up of the economy, grassroots democracy has come. But since the land is owned by the state, the local government actually has...

    Electing a Village Chief
  • 1998
    Holy Light

    Holy Light

    Holy Light

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    The melody of the hymn echoes in the old streets and alleys of the city. This is strange in a country that regards religion as a spiritual opium. The...

    Holy Light
  • 1997
    Theater Troupe

    Theater Troupe

    Theater Troupe

    01997HD

    Folk theater is a representation of local culture in China — a reflection of its characteristics. Hu Jie filmed a mobile theater troupe's...

    Theater Troupe
  • 2003
    Little Angel

    Little Angel

    Little Angel

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    Zhou Hao's father was criticized and beaten during the Cultural Revolution. Though he was born with a congenital intellectual disability, Zhou Hao's...

    Little Angel
  • 2003
    Baobao and Beibei

    Baobao and Beibei

    Baobao and Beibei

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    Baobao and Beibei are twins and live in Nanjing. When they were three-and-a-half years old, their parents were laid off. To secure their the...

    Baobao and Beibei
  • 2005
    Survival or Destruction

    Survival or Destruction

    Survival or Destruction

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    This film highlights the collapse of Nanyang Education Group, the flagship of private education in China. Other private school principals, teachers...

    Survival or Destruction
  • 2004
    The Vagina Monologues: Stories from Behind the Scenes

    The Vagina Monologues: Stories from Behind the Scenes

    The Vagina Monologues: Stories from Behind the Scenes

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    In order to participate in "International Day Against Violence to Women," in 2003, Eve Ensler pioneering feminist drama was adapted by teachers and...

    The Vagina Monologues: Stories from Behind the Scenes
  • 2004
    The White Ribbon

    The White Ribbon

    The White Ribbon

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    In the spring of 2004, a female graduate student was killed at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, but it was confirmed on the school's website that...

    The White Ribbon
  • 2005
    Wang Keqin: Reporter

    Wang Keqin: Reporter

    Wang Keqin: Reporter

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    Wang Keqin was a reporter who dared to expose corrupt officialdom. Because his articles directly exposed stock market corruption and local government...

    Wang Keqin: Reporter
  • 2005
    The Silent Nu River

    The Silent Nu River

    The Silent Nu River

    02005HD

    In the mountains of China's Qinghai Province, there are countless small coal mines. The miners are all rural residents who live nearby, and their...

    The Silent Nu River
  • 2005
    Tayuan

    Tayuan

    Tayuan

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    Tayuan is the location of the first museum of the Cultural Revolution in China. However, this important Cultural Revolution museum was established...

    Tayuan
  • 2005
    Injustice

    Injustice

    Injustice

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    This is a short documentary about a daughter who has been searching for the truth about her father’s death during the Cultural Revolution, but...

    Injustice
  • 1998
    Peasant-Run Factory

    Peasant-Run Factory

    Peasant-Run Factory

    01998HD

    One of Hu Jie's 'Farmers Working in the City' films. The city is developing rapidly, with tall buildings and highways. Behind this bustling city,...

    Peasant-Run Factory
  • 1998
    Garbage Men

    Garbage Men

    Garbage Men

    01998HD

    One of Hu Jie's 'Farmers Working in the City' films. The city is developing rapidly, with tall buildings and highways. Behind this bustling city,...

    Garbage Men
  • 1998
    Scrap Collectors

    Scrap Collectors

    Scrap Collectors

    01998HD

    One of Hu Jie's 'Farmers Working in the City' films. The city is developing rapidly, with tall buildings and highways. Behind this bustling city,...

    Scrap Collectors
  • 1995
    Migration

    Migration

    Migration

    01995HD

    A group of ancient Tibetan nomads live in the Qilian Mountains in western China. Their home is a tent made of yak hair. They change their location...

    Migration