Shang'ajia

Shang'ajia

Jin Jiang • 2017

Duration: 01:38:21
Language: Mandarin, Lisu language
Subtitles: Chinese, English
Country/Region: Mainland China

This documentary follows two Lisu brothers living in the mountains by the Nujiang River. The elder, Cilihua, is seventeen; the younger, Jialihua, ten. With no school and their father deceased, they live with relatives after their mother remarries. Amid hardship and chores, moments of simple happiness remain.

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

West Lake International Documentary Festival

China

2017

Taiwan International Documentary Festival

Taiwan

2018

China Independent Film Festival

China

2018

Grand Jury Prize

Beijing Independent Film Festival

China

2018

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

Jin Jiang

Jin Jiang

Director

I learned from news in 2012 that such a group of people were living in a mountain so I remembered it. I had nothing to do in July, 2016, so I was available enough to go to Yunnan, paying them a visit and also checking if I can do documentary there. I spent one week looking for them,and then tried shooting some videos. Well, it seemed pretty good and happy; I thought it could be a good documentary so I kept on working and then finished it.

TRAILER

Shang'ajia - TRAILER

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