Seven Sins: 7 Performances during 1989 China Avant-Garde Art Exhibition

Seven Sins: 7 Performances during 1989 China Avant-Garde Art Exhibition

In 1989, a group of avant-garde artists who had collaborated in private for years received permission to organize their own exhibition at the...

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Sun 100

Sun 100

In 1993, on the 100th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s birth, Wen Pulin mobilized the “Sun 100” series of artistic activities, staging programs at...

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Gods Go Down to Earth

Gods Go Down to Earth

Documentary about the lives of a group of Tibetan religious dance performers.

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Uncle's Dream

Uncle's Dream

Early filmed theater performance by avant-garde artist Wen Pulin.

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Timon of Athens

Timon of Athens

In April of 1986, Wen Pulin and his then-wife Zheng Ziru directed students at Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute in an English-language play...

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The Great Earthquake

The Great Earthquake

On Tomb Sweeping Day, in 1988, a film crew set out for the monument of the Tangshan earthquake to shoot a memorial ceremony for the victims. This...

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Lhasa "Snow" Dwellers

Lhasa "Snow" Dwellers

Independent documentary by Jiang Yue. Excerpted from production notes: "At the foot of Petal Place, there was once a large stretch of vacant ground...

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Avant-Garde Decade

Avant-Garde Decade

Short documentary with English narration that was prepared for the Inside Out: New Chinese Art exhibition at Asia Society in New York City, which...

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Tibet #3

Tibet #3

Third short film on Tibet, 'Murals and Stone Carvings of Lama Temple,' from Wen Pulin's Archive of Chinese Avant-Garde Art.

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Tibet #1

Tibet #1

Short film on Tibet #1, 'Tibetan Artist Visit,' from Wen Pulin's Archive of Chinese Avant-Garde Art.

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Rebuilding Gongdelin

Rebuilding Gongdelin

Wen Pulin documents the social conditions, customs, and spiritual life of Tibetans in Lhasa.

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China Action

China Action

A documentary about politically-charged Chinese performance art -- contains footage of the most significant performance art activities that took...

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Tibet: 10 Years

Tibet: 10 Years

The Wen brothers, as director and photographer of the film, documented their 10 years of journey in Tibet, from 1989 to 1999. Their film...

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Dreaming of Axu

Dreaming of Axu

The Wen brothers lived and traveled together with the living lama, Bajia, in Beijing and to his homeland in Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou in 1990s. This...

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Karmapa Bless You

Karmapa Bless You

A documentary on the XVII Karmapa of Tibet. The film also presents the spiritual life of Tibetan Buddhists in the 1990s through interviews.

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Catholicism in Tibet

Catholicism in Tibet

A Wen Pulin and Jiang Yue co-directed documentary about Tibet.

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Bajiao Street

Bajiao Street

A documentary film showing the oldest street in Lhasa, Bajiao St., also called Bakhor or Baghor), located in the town center. In the past, Bajiao...

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The Nuns of Minqiong

The Nuns of Minqiong

The Wen brothers, Wen Pulin and Wen Puqing -- as director and cinematographer, respectively -- document the social conditions, customs, and...

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Karma-pa Bless You

Karma-pa Bless You

A biographical film of the the Karma-pa XVI and XVII of Tibet. The film also presents the spiritual life of Tibetan Buddhists in 1990s through...

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Celestial Burial

Celestial Burial

This documentary follows the whole process of a celestial burial ceremony in Tibet. It shows Tibetan religious customs, arts, and many vanishing...

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