Chimeras
Mika Mattila
Finland, 2013, 87 min.
In Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.
Jury Award, Salem Film Fest; Grand Jury Award Topanga Film Festival
Portraying two minds in identity crisis, the troubled contemporary-art giant Wang Guangyi and the up- and-coming photographer Liu Gang, Chimeras freeze frames China at a moment when its aspirations are at war with its sense of identity.
Category: Documentary.
Themes: Arts, Identity.
Tuesday, April 15
The Screening Room
8:00pm
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