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All's Right With The World = 歌舞昇平
directed by Cheung King-wai, fl. 2007; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Cheung King-wai, fl. 2007, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2007), 1 hour 13 mins
The film explores the hidden face of poverty in one of the world's most affluent and capitalistic cities. Directed by CHEUNG King Wai (KJ: Music and Life), the film follows five Hong Kong families of different backgrounds that receive government subsidies. How do the poor get by in a glossy city that flaunts consp...
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directed by Cheung King-wai, fl. 2007; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Cheung King-wai, fl. 2007, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2007), 1 hour 13 mins
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The film explores the hidden face of poverty in one of the world's most affluent and capitalistic cities. Directed by CHEUNG King Wai (KJ: Music and Life), the film follows five Hong Kong families of different backgrounds that receive government subsidies. How do the poor get by in a glossy city that flaunts conspicuous consumption and hides poverty in cavernous public housing estates? All's Right With The World shares the different stories of th...
The film explores the hidden face of poverty in one of the world's most affluent and capitalistic cities. Directed by CHEUNG King Wai (KJ: Music and Life), the film follows five Hong Kong families of different backgrounds that receive government subsidies. How do the poor get by in a glossy city that flaunts conspicuous consumption and hides poverty in cavernous public housing estates? All's Right With The World shares the different stories of these low-income families, their daily living conditions, and their ways of celebrating Chinese New Year.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Cheung King-wai, fl. 2007, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Cheung King-wai, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Welfare and public relief, Poverty, Ethnic (Nonfiction), Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2007 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Person
Cheung King-wai, fl. 2007, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
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A Clear Sky = 晴朗的天空
directed by Harhuu, fl. 2012; produced by Harhuu, fl. 2012 and Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 13 mins
In the highlands of Mongolia, against the harsh snow, the Gerituan family still tend to their camels, birth the calves, feed the livestock, and now, overcome the challenges presented by new coalmines. Each summer, the Gerituan family sells most of their livestock and makes that year's earnings. After forking over...
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directed by Harhuu, fl. 2012; produced by Harhuu, fl. 2012 and Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 13 mins
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In the highlands of Mongolia, against the harsh snow, the Gerituan family still tend to their camels, birth the calves, feed the livestock, and now, overcome the challenges presented by new coalmines. Each summer, the Gerituan family sells most of their livestock and makes that year's earnings. After forking over his land for the coalmines, brother Bao-ying moves to the city with his horse and earns a living as a tour guide. He's even considering...
In the highlands of Mongolia, against the harsh snow, the Gerituan family still tend to their camels, birth the calves, feed the livestock, and now, overcome the challenges presented by new coalmines. Each summer, the Gerituan family sells most of their livestock and makes that year's earnings. After forking over his land for the coalmines, brother Bao-ying moves to the city with his horse and earns a living as a tour guide. He's even considering investing in real estate. The annual Prairie Festival is about to start and the older brother enters into a horse race. Bao-ying and friends will entertain the crowd with horsemanship.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012-12-26
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Harhuu, fl. 2012, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Harhuu, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2012-12-26
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Horse racing, Coal, Livestock, Ethnic (Nonfiction), Mongols (Central Asia)
Copyright Message
Copyright 2012 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Person
Harhuu, fl. 2012, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
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Flood = 大水
directed by Jun Dong, fl. 2005-2008; produced by Jun Dong, fl. 2005-2008 and Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 (Hong Kong (State): CNEX Studio Corporation, 2008), 1 hour 32 mins
Everyone had his own unique dream and hope; yet for this one group of people, they share their dreams in their helplessness. That is, going back to their homeland. Because of the Sanmen Gorge Dam project, they had no choice but to sacrifice their own interests so as to accomplish the nation-wide development. In th...
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directed by Jun Dong, fl. 2005-2008; produced by Jun Dong, fl. 2005-2008 and Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 (Hong Kong (State): CNEX Studio Corporation, 2008), 1 hour 32 mins
Description
Everyone had his own unique dream and hope; yet for this one group of people, they share their dreams in their helplessness. That is, going back to their homeland. Because of the Sanmen Gorge Dam project, they had no choice but to sacrifice their own interests so as to accomplish the nation-wide development. In the past 40 years, they resettled and rebuilt their homes with their own hands…
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jun Dong, fl. 2005-2008, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Jun Dong, fl. 2005-2008
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Environmental disasters, Forced resettlement, Dams
Copyright Message
Copyright 2008 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Person
Jun Dong, fl. 2005-2008, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
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Fu-Jia's Home Movie = 富家拍片
directed by Chang Yung-ming, fl. 2012 and Wang Fu-jia; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Chang Yung-ming, fl. 2012, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 10 mins
Fu-jia the farmer grows lemons on a riverside flood-land. He borrowed a camera in 2009, saying that he would make a documentary on why market price for lemons remains low. Not even a month later, Typhoon Morakot caused havoc in Taiwan, resulting in the largest flood in 50 years. Fu-jia then documented the devastat...
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directed by Chang Yung-ming, fl. 2012 and Wang Fu-jia; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Chang Yung-ming, fl. 2012, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 10 mins
Description
Fu-jia the farmer grows lemons on a riverside flood-land. He borrowed a camera in 2009, saying that he would make a documentary on why market price for lemons remains low. Not even a month later, Typhoon Morakot caused havoc in Taiwan, resulting in the largest flood in 50 years. Fu-jia then documented the devastation with his camera. Upon learning Fu-jia's story, we decided to make a documentary entitled 'Fu-jia's Home Movie' – about the man wh...
Fu-jia the farmer grows lemons on a riverside flood-land. He borrowed a camera in 2009, saying that he would make a documentary on why market price for lemons remains low. Not even a month later, Typhoon Morakot caused havoc in Taiwan, resulting in the largest flood in 50 years. Fu-jia then documented the devastation with his camera. Upon learning Fu-jia's story, we decided to make a documentary entitled 'Fu-jia's Home Movie' – about the man who has been making a documentary.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Chang Yung-ming, fl. 2012, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Chang Yung-ming, fl. 2012, Wang Fu-jia
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Documentary films, Natural disasters, Ethnic (Nonfiction), Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2012 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Person
Chang Yung-ming, fl. 2012, Wang Fu-jia, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
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The Other Side = 對岸異鄉人
directed by Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 9 mins
KE is a failed businessman in Taiwan who seeks to rebound and then works as a 'Taiwanese Expat' in Shenzhen, China. Lili, a laborer from China, meets her Taiwanese husband online and moves to Taiwan in hope of a better life. Both KE and Lili cross the straits in hopes of achieving what they cannot find in their ho...
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directed by Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 9 mins
Description
KE is a failed businessman in Taiwan who seeks to rebound and then works as a 'Taiwanese Expat' in Shenzhen, China. Lili, a laborer from China, meets her Taiwanese husband online and moves to Taiwan in hope of a better life. Both KE and Lili cross the straits in hopes of achieving what they cannot find in their homeland. But how much do they really know about that country across the straits? Political and social turbulence soon replace individual...
KE is a failed businessman in Taiwan who seeks to rebound and then works as a 'Taiwanese Expat' in Shenzhen, China. Lili, a laborer from China, meets her Taiwanese husband online and moves to Taiwan in hope of a better life. Both KE and Lili cross the straits in hopes of achieving what they cannot find in their homeland. But how much do they really know about that country across the straits? Political and social turbulence soon replace individual prosperity and self-fulfillment, creating conflicts and contradictions in the lives of these new immigrants. And despite the similar ancestry, KE and Lili must reconcile vast differences in their adoptive homes and come to terms with the fact that they will forever be 'outsiders.'
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Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Business failures, Marriage, Migration, Chinese, Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2012 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Person
Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
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Umbrella = 傘…
directed by Du Haibin, fl. 2000-2015; produced by Hsu Hsiao-ming, 1955-, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Du Haibin, fl. 2000-2015, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2007), 1 hour 32 mins
Workers, peasants, soldiers, students and merchants were five groups of Chinese society in the 1950s, after the so-called elimination of the exploited class. Borrowing this concept, the umbrella is taken as the clue to rediscover changes in various social classes after economic reform, and to analyze social proble...
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directed by Du Haibin, fl. 2000-2015; produced by Hsu Hsiao-ming, 1955-, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Du Haibin, fl. 2000-2015, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2007), 1 hour 32 mins
Description
Workers, peasants, soldiers, students and merchants were five groups of Chinese society in the 1950s, after the so-called elimination of the exploited class. Borrowing this concept, the umbrella is taken as the clue to rediscover changes in various social classes after economic reform, and to analyze social problems in China. Workers making umbrellas, merchants selling umbrellas, students looking for jobs in the rain. Umbrella is used as a metaph...
Workers, peasants, soldiers, students and merchants were five groups of Chinese society in the 1950s, after the so-called elimination of the exploited class. Borrowing this concept, the umbrella is taken as the clue to rediscover changes in various social classes after economic reform, and to analyze social problems in China. Workers making umbrellas, merchants selling umbrellas, students looking for jobs in the rain. Umbrella is used as a metaphor that can be seen everywhere. As the raindrop, what we see is sometimes clear, sometimes untraceable.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hsu Hsiao-ming, 1955-, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Du Haibin, fl. 2000-2015, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Du Haibin, fl. 2000-2015
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Soldiers, Job hunting, Factory workers, Farming, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2007 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Person
Du Haibin, fl. 2000-2015, Hsu Hsiao-ming, 1955-, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
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Where Should I Go? = 換城
directed by Li Jun-hu, fl. 2011-2011; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Li Jun-hu, fl. 2011-2011, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2011), 1 hour 7 mins
Realizing the importance of knowledge in determining her children's fate, ZHANG Zhi-li decides to take her son to the city in pursuit of an education. YANG Xiu-qing has brought her son and daughter from the countryside to the city. Two ordinary families from the countryside, for the next generation, have left thei...
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directed by Li Jun-hu, fl. 2011-2011; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Li Jun-hu, fl. 2011-2011, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2011), 1 hour 7 mins
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Realizing the importance of knowledge in determining her children's fate, ZHANG Zhi-li decides to take her son to the city in pursuit of an education. YANG Xiu-qing has brought her son and daughter from the countryside to the city. Two ordinary families from the countryside, for the next generation, have left their hometowns for the city, where they begin to seek their dreams...
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Li Jun-hu, fl. 2011-2011, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Li Jun-hu, fl. 2011-2011
Date Published / Released
2011-06
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Migration, Education, City life, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2011 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Person
Li Jun-hu, fl. 2011-2011, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
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Bazaar Jumpers = 跑酷少年
directed by Hao Zhi-qiang, fl. 2012-2013; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Hao Zhi-qiang, fl. 2012-2013, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 2 mins
Two Uigur brothers and a friend are in love with parkour, a kind of extreme sport. Regardless of opposition from their worried mothers, the boys train themselves to be the best in an upcoming parkour event in Beijing while managing to iron out additional difficulties. They lose the game, but eventually they learn...
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directed by Hao Zhi-qiang, fl. 2012-2013; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Hao Zhi-qiang, fl. 2012-2013, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 2 mins
Description
Two Uigur brothers and a friend are in love with parkour, a kind of extreme sport. Regardless of opposition from their worried mothers, the boys train themselves to be the best in an upcoming parkour event in Beijing while managing to iron out additional difficulties. They lose the game, but eventually they learn much more about their true selves.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Hao Zhi-qiang, fl. 2012-2013, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Hao Zhi-qiang, fl. 2012-2013
Date Published / Released
2012-09-30
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Contests and competitions, Sports, Brothers, Sports (Nonfiction)
Copyright Message
Copyright 2013 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Person
Hao Zhi-qiang, fl. 2012-2013, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
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The District Councillor = 區議員
directed by Chan Wai-yee, fl. 2008; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Chan Wai-yee, fl. 2008, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2008), 47 mins
'Without fire burning inside your heart, you won't take such a job?' said YIN Zhao-jian, who suddenly said so while busy preparing for his election campaign.
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directed by Chan Wai-yee, fl. 2008; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Chan Wai-yee, fl. 2008, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2008), 47 mins
Description
'Without fire burning inside your heart, you won't take such a job?' said YIN Zhao-jian, who suddenly said so while busy preparing for his election campaign.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Chan Wai-yee, fl. 2008, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Chan Wai-yee, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Election campaigns, Local government
Copyright Message
Copyright 2008 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Person
Chan Wai-yee, fl. 2008, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
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Dragon Boat = 龍船
directed by Cao Dan, 1972-; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Cao Dan, 1972-, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2011), 1 hour 25 mins
The annual dragon boat race is a major event for the villagers of Lianxi, an island in southern China. With the construction of University Town in 2003, the villagers were forced to resettle. Today, the island has been turned into a mini city, and the former site of Lianxi has been transformed into a folk culture...
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directed by Cao Dan, 1972-; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Cao Dan, 1972-, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2011), 1 hour 25 mins
Description
The annual dragon boat race is a major event for the villagers of Lianxi, an island in southern China. With the construction of University Town in 2003, the villagers were forced to resettle. Today, the island has been turned into a mini city, and the former site of Lianxi has been transformed into a folk culture resort. Resettled villagers return to the site every year to continue their tradition of dragon boat racing. Will the dragon boat remai...
The annual dragon boat race is a major event for the villagers of Lianxi, an island in southern China. With the construction of University Town in 2003, the villagers were forced to resettle. Today, the island has been turned into a mini city, and the former site of Lianxi has been transformed into a folk culture resort. Resettled villagers return to the site every year to continue their tradition of dragon boat racing. Will the dragon boat remain the link between the villagers and their former homeland? Lianxi's fate profoundly reflects many ongoing encounters between native cultures and modernization in China today.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Cao Dan, 1972-, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Cao Dan, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2011-03
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Household moves, Islands, Boat racing, Ethnic (Nonfiction), Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2010 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Person
Cao Dan, 1972-, Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
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