China Through a Daughter's Lens

Part of Series With Good Reason
Length 29:34
Licensor VFH Radio
Producer(s) With Good Reason radio
Formats Interview, Soft Feature
Topics International, Media, News
Produced Unspecified
Added to PRX May 13, 2008
 

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Summary:

Exploring the history and culture of China with the sensitivity of a filmmaker who grew up in China as the daughter of a famous American scholar.

Additional Credits and Funding:

Produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for the Higher Education Broadcasting Consortium. Jesse Dukes and Elliot Majerczyk, associate producers. Andrew Wyndham, executive producer.

Tones:

Engaging, Fresh Air-ish

Description:

Filmmaker Carma Hinton (George Mason University) grew up in China as the daughter of a famous American scholar. Using her unique insight into two cultures, American and Chinese, she?s produced thirteen documentary films about China for a Western audience. She tries to show the complexity of China, a nation that she sees as neither wholly evil nor wholly good, but on a difficult path to becoming a powerful and democratic state.

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