Chai-qian (Demolition)

Directed by

J.P. Sniadecki

Filmed on a worksite in the center of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in western China, Chai-qian (Demolition) is a cinematic portrait of migrant labor, urban space, and the ephemeral connection between film-subject and filmmaker. Attending first to the transforming worksite – including the demands of physical labor and the relationship between human and machine – the film gradually shifts focus to the group of thirty men and women who have come from the countryside to work in this ever-changing urban landscape.

• Named “Most Innovative Film” at the 2010 Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival
• Winner, the Joris Ivens Award (International Competition) at 2009 Cinéma du Réel.

JP Sniadecki is scheduled to attend.

Screening:

• Saturday, February 5, 2011, 4:00 p.m., Magic Lantern Theatre
• Director J.P. Sniadecki is scheduled to attend.