Screen/Society--Cine-East: East Asian Cinema--"Qarangghu Tagh: The Villages Afar" & "Bogha: The Donkey-Pad"

Film Screening: "Qarangghu Tagh: The Villages Afar" (Saipulla Mutallip, 2014, Hong Kong, 70 min, in Uighur w/ English subtitles, Color, DVD) / The mountain of Qarangghu Tagh is an impoverished mountain area near Khotan in southern Xinjiang. It is so remote from the rest of civilisation that even today it can only be accessed by motorcycle or mule. The director, having paid multiple visits to this secluded village, unraveled a massacre that took place in 1934. / -- Nominee of "Hong Kong Documentary Award" / Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKw5_iK_uZA // Shown together with the short film "Bogha: The Donkey-Pad" (Saipulla Mutallip, 2016, Hong Kong, 40 min, in Uighur w/ English subtitles, Color, DVD) / Muhter is a good boy. He helps his father pushing his hawker's cart in the morning before school. In the afternoon he helps his mother with the baby. His only vice is ice-lollipops. One day while he is taking his grandmother home, he finds a donkey-pad which he sells to finance his purchase of a lot of ice-lollipops. However, life becomes complicated for Muhter...