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Zhou Hao Goes “All In” on the Nature of Documentaries | Film Review

A director explores the exploitative nature of documentary filmmaking in his latest work about childhood trauma

By Ningyi Xi (席宁忆)   September 26, 2021
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FILM

The Light Inside

Director Khashem Gyal on film as a religion and how real culture is “inner” culture

By Tina Xu (徐盈盈)   August 11, 2021
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FILM

The Chinese Who Survived the Titanic

'The Six,' a new documentary executive-produced by James Cameron, reveals the hidden stories of six Chinese survivors aboard the Titanic

By Siyi Chu (褚司怡)   June 12, 2021
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FILM

Seeking Truths

A discussion with Chinese-Malaysian filmmaker Lau Kek Huat on identity and truths in documentaries

By Siyi Chu (褚司怡)   April 18, 2021
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ARTS, TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Film: Desires and Deception

A pair of hit documentaries lay bare the desperate struggle to strike it rich in the world’s fastest-growing economy

By Han Rubo   May 25, 2018
FILM

TWOC’s Films of the Year

From Bollywood to propaganda, here are our picks for 2017

By The Editors   December 30, 2017
FILM

Dream Empire

A gripping exposé of the “rent-a-white-guy” industry

By Han Rubo   September 16, 2017
FILM

Leap of Faith

A documentary team follows a Good Samaritan on a mission to save the suicidal

By David Dawson   August 19, 2017
FILM

Love and Lost | Film Review

A story of child abduction and a father's journey to find his son

By Terence Hsieh (谢燕辉)   August 2, 2015
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