DVD Distribution - Director: Hu Jie

The Folk Song on the Plain C003

Director：Hu Jie
Subject：Gender / Rural life / Family
Price: HKD1,100.00
China / 2001 / 70 min
In Mandarin with Chinese or English subtitles

Luo Xiaojia was abducted when she was seventeen and was trafficked from Yunnan to Shandong province. Later, she was forced to marry a local peasant. The film records her family life in Shandong, her longing for her distant hometown and her perspectives on life. After living in Shandong for ten years, she was finally permitted to go back to see her mother. When she left, her mother sang folk songs for her.

In Search of Lin Zhou’s Soul C005

Director：Hu Jie
Subject：Cultural revolution / Religion / Gender
Price: HKD1,100.00
China / 2004 / 100 min
In Mandarin with Chinese or English Subtitles

This film traces an unfortunate story that happened forty years ago. Lin Zhou, a student of Beijing University, grew from a pure, loyal follower into a valiant fighter against the Red Terror. She was imprisoned for eight years and then killed. She left thousands of words written in her own blood to expose the absurdity and cruelty of those days.

Remote Mountain C009

Director：Hu Jie
Subject：Labour / Industry
Price: HKD750.00
China / 1995 / 40 min
In Mandarin with Chinese or English subtitles

In the mountains of China's Qinghai province, there are countless small coal mines. The miners are all rural people from nearby and their bodies are covered in coal dust from the thirty dan of coal they must dig out each day to earn five hundred dollars a month. The film records how they labor and the sounds of their heavy breathing and what they see working far underground, while cherishing the dreams of a better life we all have.

Silent Nu River C010

Director：Hu Jie
Subject：Environmental protection / Race / Religion
Price: HKD750.00
China / 2006 / 40 min
In Mandarin with Chinese or English subtitles

A cascade of thirteen hydroelectric dams is poised to be built along the Nu River. The first one is set on Songta Village in Tibet. The film opens with a caravan starting out from Songta to another dam site on the ancient Tea Horse Route along the river. The camera captures the vegetation on the river valley, the people, their lifestyle, the history and destruction that is soon to come.

Though I am Gone C012

Director：Hu Jie
Subject：Cultural revolution / Family
Price: HKD1,100.00
China / 2006 / 68 min
In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles

Bian Zhongyun, a communist party member and the vice-principal of a secondary school was tortured to death on August 5th, 1966. She was believed to be the first victim among the teachers killed at the hands of their students during the "Red August" of 1966 as the Cultural Revolution began in mainland China. The film depicts the event and demonstrates how the family members and colleagues of Bian experienced the terror.

Woman Matchmaker C015

Director：Hu Jie
Subject：Gender / Rural life / Custom
Price: HKD750.00
China / 1995 / 48 min
In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles

In order to find a discerning woman matchmaker, the director met more than ten of them and finally chose this one. He followed her around in the villages and captured the joy and suffering of rural life. The film explores the conflict between tradition and modern life.