Av Festival 14: Double Bill - Coal Money/Man With No Name
Dir. Wang Bing, Chinese with English subtitles, China/France
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Tue 4 March 2014 // 19:30
/ Cinema
Coal Money (L'argent du Charbon)
This short documentary follows a convoy of trucks on the coal road linking the Shanxi mines with the large port of Tianjin, in northern China. Along the route we encounter haggling and blackmail from roadside criminals and corrupt policemen. As the coal moves between different buyers and sellers, Wang patiently observes the endless attempts to extract a profit. English Premiere. 2008.Man with No Name (Wu ming she)
Man with No Name is an intimate portrait of an anonymous man living in a deserted wasteland in an unnamed part of China. He lives in an underground cave, in a harsh and otherworldly landscape that seems to be entirely cut off from civilization. Wang’s film shows man reduced to his most rudimentary elements. UK Premiere. 2009. Courtesy Galerie Chantal Crousel.
Curated by AV Festival. Part of AV Festival 14: Extraction, www.avfestival.co.uk
£5/£3.50. Tickets available on the door.
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