The Blind Storytellers
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Country/Region:
China
Release Year: 2014
Release Year: 2014
Story:
Li Shouwang is the leader of a blind storytellers team, learned storytelling at the age of 19. His childernare living hard in other cities. Li's money amost goes to his children's pocket every year. But with urbanisation, the storytellers have lost almost all their audience. As the conflict between the storytelling team and the village team intensified, his son, who was far away from home, became the only spiritual sustains... When he was excited that his son would be taking his family home for Chinese New Year, what's await is a sigh.
Li Shouwang is the leader of a blind storytellers team, learned storytelling at the age of 19. His childernare living hard in other cities. Li's money amost goes to his children's pocket every year. But with urbanisation, the storytellers have lost almost all their audience. As the conflict between the storytelling team and the village team intensified, his son, who was far away from home, became the only spiritual sustains... When he was excited that his son would be taking his family home for Chinese New Year, what's await is a sigh.
Casts & Crews:
BAI Zhiqiang
Directors
Runtime:
85
minutes
Subtitles:
Chinese and English subtitles
Festivals & Awards:
Silk Road International Film Festival-Best Documentary, 2014, China http://www.cnsriff.com Nanjing Independent Film Festival, 2014, China http://www.chinaiff.org International "Golden Panda" Documentary Festival, 2014, China http://www.docuchina.cn/2016/09/12/ARTIoH8IbN4pm1wSfZjHtTiB160912.shtml Chinese Academy Awards, 2014, China http://www.chinaawards.net Chinese Documentary International Selection - Second Price for Social category, 2014, China http://jishi.cntv.cn/20111129/100248.shtml
Silk Road International Film Festival-Best Documentary, 2014, China http://www.cnsriff.com Nanjing Independent Film Festival, 2014, China http://www.chinaiff.org International "Golden Panda" Documentary Festival, 2014, China http://www.docuchina.cn/2016/09/12/ARTIoH8IbN4pm1wSfZjHtTiB160912.shtml Chinese Academy Awards, 2014, China http://www.chinaawards.net Chinese Documentary International Selection - Second Price for Social category, 2014, China http://jishi.cntv.cn/20111129/100248.shtml
Tags:
Documentary, Shaanxi, Blind group, Rural area, Folk artisan
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BAI Zhiqiang
Director
