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9888805770 pdf An examination of the films of Chinese documentarian Wang Bing. In The Cinema of Wang Bing, Bruno Lessard examines documentarian Wang Bings most important films. He focuses on the two obsessions at the heart of Wangs oeuvrethe legacy of Maoist China in the present and the transformation of labor since Chinas entry into the market economyand how the crucial figures of survivor and worker are represented on screen. Bruno Lessard argues that Wang is a minjian (grassroots) intellectual whose films document the impact of Maos Great Leap Forward on Chinese collective memory and register the repercussions of Chinas turn to neoliberalism on workers in the post-Reform era. Bringing together Chinese documentary studies and China studies, Lessard shows how Wangs practice reflects the minjian ethos when documenting the survivors of the Great Famine and those who have not benefitted from Chinas neoliberal policiesfrom laid-off workers to migrant workers. The films discussed include some of Wangs most celebrated works such as Read more