Wen Pulin is an art critic, writer, independent producer and documentary filmmaker. Since the 1980s, he has documented the development of Chinese contemporary art in the form of the moving image, photography, interviews and texts. Wen also lived in Tibet for many years and made many documentaries about Tibetan culture.
In 1989, a group of avant-garde artists who had collaborated in private for years received permission to organize their own exhibition at the National Art Museum of China. However, one of the terms was to exclude performance artists from participating. The ...
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The Wen brothers, as director and photographer of the film, documented their 10 years of journey in Tibet, from 1989 to 1999. Their film investigates the social conditions, customs, and the spiritual life of Tibetans. ...
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A documentary about politically-charged Chinese performance art -- contains footage of the most significant performance art activities that took place in Mainland China during the 1980s and 1990s. ...
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The Wen brothers lived and traveled together with the living lama, Bajia, in Beijing and to his homeland in Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou in 1990s. This film documents that period. With the Wen brothers' help, Bajia made his dream come true -- building a Buddhist ...
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Documentary about the lives of a group of Tibetan religious dance performers. ...
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Short film on Tibet #1, 'Tibetan Artist Visit,' from Wen Pulin's Archive of Chinese Avant-Garde Art. ...
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Third short film on Tibet, 'Murals and Stone Carvings of Lama Temple,' from Wen Pulin's Archive of Chinese Avant-Garde Art. ...
Watch NowA biographical film of the the Karma-pa XVI and XVII of Tibet. The film also presents the spiritual life of Tibetan Buddhists in 1990s through interviews. ...
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A documentary on the XVII Karmapa of Tibet. The film also presents the spiritual life of Tibetan Buddhists in the 1990s through interviews. ...
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In 1993, on the 100th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth, Wen Pulin mobilized the "Sun 100" series of artistic activities, staging programs at official institutions featuring avant-garde artists in Mao's hometown, Shaoshan. The film "Sun 100" was intended t ...
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Qingpu is a famous sacred mountain in Tibet, where countless monks have practiced for thousands of years. In 1989, Wen Pulin and Duan Jinchuan followed several monks up the mountain and took video of them. After three years, they revisited the same people ...
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This documentary follows the whole process of a celestial burial ceremony in Tibet. It shows Tibetan religious customs, arts, and many vanishing life styles. ...
Watch NowA Wen Pulin and Jiang Yue co-directed documentary about Tibet. ...
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The Wen brothers, Wen Pulin and Wen Puqing -- as director and cinematographer, respectively -- document the social conditions, customs, and spiritual life of Buddhist nuns in Minqiong mountain near Lhasa, China in the 1990s. ...
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A documentary film showing the oldest street in Lhasa, Bajiao St., also called Bakhor or Baghor), located in the town center. In the past, Bajiao was only used as a ritual circumambulation route, "a saint road" in the eyes of the Tibetans. Now it's develo ...
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On Tomb Sweeping Day, in 1988, a film crew set out for the monument of the Tangshan earthquake to shoot a memorial ceremony for the victims. This marked the beginning of shooting for a documentary called "The Great Earthquake." The crew continued to shoot ...
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In April of 1986, Wen Pulin and his then-wife Zheng Ziru directed students at Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute in an English-language play adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens." The play was part of "The First Shakespeare Festival ...
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Highlights the rebellious young generation of artists in China fighting for political emancipation, artistic freedom and creating a cultural golden age during the 1980s - a significant decade of transformational change. Interweaving six main characters' me ...
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