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  1. Silk and Strings: Taiwan (1994 Video)

    Director
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Producer
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    Chinese silk-stringed zithers and folk dances, including a performance of a Peking Opera. Also shows village life, the Chinese type of Buddhist prayers, and temple architecture, painting and calligraphy.

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  2. Spring in a Small Town

    Date
    14 Mar 2016, 11:54
    Author
    Ben Hodson
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Spring in a Small Town GB. DVD. BFI Video. 94 minutes + 20 minutes extras. £19.99 About the Reviewer: Dr. Sabrina Qiong Yu is Senior Lecturer in Chinese and Film Studies at Newcastle University. Her...

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  3. Andy Warhol: Made in China (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    In 1985 Andy Warhol and Chinese club owner Alfred Sui travel from Sui’s modern night club in Hong Kong to Peking and the Great Wall, with Warhol talking about himself throughout. This is the last interview...

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  4. Chinese Theatre (1963 Film)

    Director
    Marc Maurette
    Producer
    Theodora Olembert
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Four episodes portraying some Chinese legends and symbols, by the original cast from Peking, filmed during performances in Paris and London. 1: The Greatness of Love. 2: Where Roads Meet. 3: Autumn River. 4:...

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  5. China: Acrobats (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Drama; Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 48 min.

    Before 1949 and Liberation, acrobats in China were likened to tramps, thieves and vagabonds. After the Revolution, new attitudes to all forms of art were adopted and acrobats were re-established amongst the...

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  6. China: A Network of Communes (1977 Film)

    Producer
    Jens Bjerre
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows rural and urban collective life in China as it existed before reforms drastically changed the commune structure. Shows communal organisation in a textile factory, the handling of childcare, birth...

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  7. How Yukong Moved the Mountains (12 Parts) (1976 Film)

    Director
    Joris Ivens; Marceline Loridan
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The 12 films in the series, shot over a period of three years with a Chinese crew, show everyday life in contemporary China. 1: deals with the world of Kao Chou Lan, a solderer in a locomotive factory,...

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  8. China: Ballet (1980 Video)

    Director
    Charles Nairn
    Producer
    Charles Nairn
    Subject
    Dance; Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    The Peking ballet was turned into a ‘model’ company by Chiang Ching during the time of Mao Tse-Tung’s leadership. This film describes what became of the company during that time. It gives a sense of...

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  9. Master Qi and the Monkey King (2012)

    Director
    Michael Govenar
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 81 minutes), $24.95

    Documentary chronicling the life and work of Qi Shu Fang, one of the most well-known masters of Chinese Opera, who has moved, with her husband Ding Me-kui and their company of Chinese Opera performers to the...

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  10. Use of Sticks in Performance Training, The (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 100 min., 1999 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Videotaped source material for research purposes: this video is a record of varieties of stick work proposed by Andrei Serban to a group of performers during a week-long training session in Leeds. Sticks...

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