CUTAWAYS OF JIANG CHUN GEN
-- FORWARD AND BACK AGAIN
Director: James T. Hong
Producer: Wang Xuan
Assistant Camera: Luo Zhuo
Executive Producer: Cathy Tsang
Year of Production: 2012
Production format: HD
Language: English text, no dialogue
Length: 10 minutes
Synopsis:
This documentary short is a portrait of an elderly Chinese farmer who was infected by Japanese biological warfare (glanders) in 1942, when he was 2 years old. The rest of his immediate family members perished from their infections, but he has lived and persevered for 70 years with open wounds.
Selected screenings:
Officially premieres at
Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) Forum Expanded
Berlin, Germany, 2013