DVD Distribution - Subject: History

The Lost Buddha C006

Director：Tian Bo
Subject：History / Culture / Rural life
Price: HKD1,100.00
China / 2007 / 96 min
In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles

The film records the daily life of four generations of a Xianbei family in northern Shaanxi descended from clan lords. Integrated with the Han majority, they live a simple life. The documentary reflects their religious faith and spiritual world and their surroundings. On the edge of modernity, when they face frustration, hardship and loss, they interpret life in a unique way. Their attachment to the soil, religious worship and commitment to destiny all tell us a story about deep, loyal and truthful sentiments.

Sanlidong C018

Director：Lin Xin
Subject：History / Industry
Price: HKD1,100.00
China / 2006 / 172 min
In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles

In 1955, more than three hundred enthusiastic Shanghai youths with the mission of supporting Northwest China construction arrived at Sanlidong coal mine in Tongchuan. Fifty years later, most of them have passed away. The film consists of fifteen fragments, recording the lives of retired miners, the deceased and the dissipated years. The director memorialises the tenacity and dignity of life through filming his father's generation: the portrait of coal miners.

The 15 miners are: Qi Guoqi (deceased), Gu Longxiang, Shen Longgen, Wang Zhengxiang, Yao Hongchang, Ge Dengfa, Zhang Baisheng, Lu Rongchu, Zhou Shougen, Luo Shijun, Ding Fuzhen, Tong Guang, Gao Zhangshun, Chen Yixiang, Zhu Yongsheng (deceased).