BINGAI Film Screening and discussion with director Feng Yan June 25, 2008

The Shanghai Foreign Correspondents' Club presents:

BINGAI

Film Screening and discussion with director Feng Yan

MoCA, People's Park

Wednesday June 25th, 6.30 pm (Film starts 7pm)

Bingai is a touching, highly personal story of one woman's struggle to save her home from the rising waters of the Yangtze River, following the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. One of more than a million people in the Yangtze Valley required to move to make way for the giant project, farmer Zhang Bingai steadfastly refused to leave her native village – and waged a seven year campaign to persuade local officials to allow her and her family to remain on the land where their roots lie. Director Feng Yan will be present at the screening to discuss the story.

Proceeds from this event will be donated to help cover Zhang Bingai's relocation costs.

Admission: Members free (voluntary donations welcome); non-members 50 RMB

RSVP by Tuesday 24th to: [email protected] (please do not reply directly to this email)

Venue: MoCA, 2/F, inside People's Park, 231 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Huangpi Bei Lu (6327 1282)

About the director:

Born in Tianjin, Feng Yan studied Japanese at the Tianjin Foreign Languages Institute before relocating to Japan for 13 years in 1988. Since 1994 she has been shooting super 8 and DV films, focusing on rural China and the Yangtze River. These include 'The Woman Country Teacher' (1994 ), 'I Want to Go to School' (1995 ), 'Dreams of Changjiang' (1997), 'Long Way To Hometown' ( 1997), 'The Spring of Xiao Xiao' (1998), 'Bingai' (2007,114min), and 'Women of Changjiang River' (currently in post-production). Her works have been shown at festivals including the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, the China Documentary Film Festival and theTaiwan International Documentary Festival.

Official Website: http://www.fccsh.org/