In 1995, China was pushing forward through a wave of reform, striving toward the new century. In a state-owned machinery factory in the northwest, workers were troubled by the sudden wave of layoffs. To ease tensions, the factory’s office director invited a qigong master from Guangzhou to hold a grand event titled “Receiving Cosmic Energy.” However, following this so-called healing session, a tragic incident occurred — the sick son of a fitter named Chen Qingjun suddenly died. From that moment o
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How to Rebury Your Friend
When a factory acquires their hometown's graveyard, two men return to rebury their dead friend—only to dig straight into a tug-of-war between locals and the factory.
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"Armored by her grandson's childish doodles, she battles monsters in the shattered mindscape — while her family never knew each call of 'Grandma' required crossing how many war zones just to flutter her eyelids in response."
The Ceremonial Garden
This program documents the creative process of the artists who created the murals in the ceremonial garden at the Indigenous Christian Fellowship. The artists— Ben Ironstand, Brandy Marie Taber, Larissa Kitchmonia, Jaime Marie Reynolds and Starrlene Barbara Diamond Bird elaborate on their creative process and share the vision behind these murals that are unique to the North Central community in Regina, Saskatchewan Canada.
Materia
Materia explores stones and minerals in my surroundings with a close-up and tactile approach.
Princess Dina Bo Bina
When a vain princess runs out of her signature hair gel, she ventures outside of the kingdom in search of slug jelly, motivated by the fear that she will become unlovable if she can’t live up to her family’s eccentric beauty standards.