MCLC: People's Park

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Libbie Cohn <libbie.d at gmail.com>
Subject: People's Park
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"PEOPLE'S PARK is an unblinking nonfiction look — captured in one
uninterrupted, extraordinarily stable and fluid shot — at contemporary
China… the directors plunge you into a human tributary on which you drift
and flow and occasionally stop dead, only to rise up and up and up in the
astonishing, infectiously joyous finale" - Manohla Dargis, The New York
Times

DVDs are now available of PEOPLE'S PARK, an award-winning 78-minute single
shot documentary that immerses viewers in an unbroken journey through a
famous urban park in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. A sensory meditation on
cinematic time and space, PEOPLE’S PARK offers a fresh gaze at public
interaction, leisure and self-expression in China. The film has screened
at dozens of international festivals and universities, and premiered at
the MoMA in March 2013. A unique window into Chinese society, PEOPLE'S
PARK provides a rich and unique document for academic courses ranging from
sociology and anthropology to film and urban studies, as well as a
resource for researchers of public performance and public space.

For more information on the film, including trailers, reviews in the
NYTimes and Wall Street Journal and biographies of the directors Libbie
Cohn and JP Sniadecki, visit:

http://www.peoplesparkfilm.com/

If you or your institution is interested in acquiring PEOPLE'S PARK, you
can contact the directors at libbie.d at gmail.com. Questions are welcome.

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"At every turn People's Park captures something ineffable—everyday life
transformed into cinema." -Scott Foundas, The Village Voice