Screen/Society--Cine-East: East Asian Cinema--The Memory Project--"Self-portrait: Dreaming at 47 km"

FILM SCREENING: "Self-portrait: Dreaming at 47 km" (Zhang Mengqi, 2013, 77 min, China, Chinese w/ English subtitles, DVD) / Filmmaker's statement: This is the fourth film in my "self-portrait" series. I went back to the village named 47 km in 2013. My grandfather was critically ill, and I accompanied him as if accompanied by death. The old people and their memories are like dead leaves. I got familiar with the children and we acted together to build a bookroom in village. Between the solitary old people and the naïve sunshine children, could I find my dream here? / Screened at the China Independent Film Festival, Nanjing, China, 2013 / About the Filmmaker: Zhang Mengqi, was born in 1987. She graduated from the Dance Academy of China Minorities University in 2008. Since 2009, she has been a resident artist at CCD Workstation. She has created documentary films: "Self-portrait with Three Women" (2010), "Self-Portrait: At 47 KM" (2011), "Self-portrait : Dancing at 47 KM" (2012). These four films comprise her "self-portrait series."