Street Life documents the lives of Chinese migrants in Shanghai, one of the world’s largest and most vibrant cities, now symbolic of China’s economic might. The film centers on Nanjing Road, one of China’s oldest commercial streets and today a popular destination for tourists and moneyed Chinese. The street has also become a Mecca for uprooted and homeless Chinese, who make ends by collecting garbage and recyclables.
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Lantern Films is pleased to announce the New York premiere of Zhao Dayong’s award-winning film THE HIGH LIFE, which will be running for a full week this month at the Museum of Modern Art. THE HIGH LIFE is showing as part of MOMA’s ContemporAsian series (See details here). Days and times are as follows: Monday, … Continue reading
Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei.com, a Beijing-based website on media and culture in China, interviews director Zhao Dayong about The High Life, Ghost Town, My Father’s House and other Lantern Films productions. Interview with Chinese film director Zhao Dayong from Danwei on Vimeo.
Slant magazine has listed Lantern Films production Ghost Town as No. 21 on its list of the top 100 films released to the screen in 2010.
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