Fengming, a Chinese Memoir

Fengming, a Chinese Memoir simplified Chinese traditional Chinese pinyin H Fngmng , also known as Chronicle of a Chinese Woman, is a 2007 Chinese documentary film directed by Wang Bing. The film consists almost entirely of an interview with the elderly He Fengming, recounting her experiences in post1949 China.

Wang Bing first met He in 1995 and interviewed her in the course of research for his second feature after 2003s Tie Xi Qu West of the Tracks. After receiving a commission from the Kunsten Festival des Arts, Wang decided to record Hes story, resulting in a 50 and then a 130minute film. After the Festival, Wang went back and conducted an additional interview, bringing the film to its final threehour running time. The director employed an unusually strippeddown style, relying mainly a single camera setup with only the occasional cut or dissolve.The fulllength version premiered, out of competition, at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It subsequently played the international festival circuit, winning the Grand Prize at the 2007 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. ........

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