Meishi Street
| Meishi Street | |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 煤市街 |
| Simplified Chinese | 煤市街 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | mei shi jie |
| Directed by | Ou Ning |
| Distributed by | dGenerate Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
Meishi Street, directed by Ou Ning, is a 2006 independent Chinese documentary[1] that portrays a group of Beijing residents protesting the planned destruction of their street prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The filmmakers gave video cameras to the subjects, and they capture exclusive footage of the eviction process.[2]
Public screening history[edit]
- 2018, Xinfu Market, JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture, Taipei
- 2017, ArchiFest 2017, The Single Screen, NTU CCA Singapore
- 2016, Salt Galata, Istanbul
- 2016, Chinese Visual Festival, London
- 2015, Australian National University
- 2012, Free Word Centre
- 2012, Milan Asian, African, and Latin American Film Festival
- 2012, Melbourne International Film Festival
- 2011, San Sebastian International Film Festival
- 2010, State University of New York at Fredonia
- 2010, Washington University in St. Louis
- 2010, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2010, Harvard Art Museum
- 2009, Museo Reina Sofia
- 2009, Portland Art Museum
- 2009, Duke University
- 2009, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- 2009, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
- 2009, exhibition, "The Symbolic Efficiency of the Frame", The 4th Tirana Biennale, Albania
- 2008, exhibition, "Concrete Culture", Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
- 2008, exhibition, "On Cities; maps, cars, people and narratives in the urban environment", The Swedish Museum of Architecture
- 2008, 3rd Beijing Independent Film Festival
- 2008, 6th Hong Kong Social Movement Film Festival
- 2008, Cinémathèque québécoise, Montreal
- 2008, School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS), University of London
- 2008, BAM/PFA(Berkeley), Stanford University, Columbia University, Michigan State University, University of Chicago
- 2008, Nova Cinema
- 2008, University of Texas at Austin, UT Documentary Center
- 2008, Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center
- 2008, Center for Architecture
- 2008, BFI Southbank and Museum in Docklands, London
- 2008, Babylon Cinema, Berlin
- 2007, Chinema Direct program, Nova Cinema, Brussels
- 2007, exhibition, "On The Outside: The Social Engine-Exploring Flexibility", ACC Galerie, Weimar
- 2007, exhibition, "Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary: Optimism in the Age of Global War", the 10th Istanbul Biennial
- 2007, exhibition, "Who do you think you are?", Base B, Milano Bovisa
- 2007, exhibition, "World Factory", Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute
- 2006, exhibition, "Contemporary China: Architecture, Arts and Visual Culture", 2006, NAi
- 2006, exhibition, "Detours: Tactical Approaches to Urbanization in China", Eric Arthur Gallery, University of Toronto
- 2006, exhibition, "Slum: Art and Life in the Here and Now of the Civil Age", Neue Galerie Graz
- 2006, exhibition, "Total Stadt: Beijing Case", ZKM, Karlsruhe
- 2006, world premiere, Museum of Modern Art
References[edit]
- ^ Ou, Ning; Cao, Fei; Zhang, Jinli; Alternative Archive; dGenerate Films (Firm) (2006), Meishi Street, DGenerate Films, OCLC 934277128, retrieved 2018-12-30
- ^ "UT Documentary Center Presents: Meishi Street". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
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