Three Sisters (2012) Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB

三姊妹

7.6 (30 ratings) director: 王兵

other title: 三姊妹 / 三姐妹 …

The masterful new documentary from Wang Bing is an intimate, observational portrait of a peasant family who eke out a humble existence in a small village set against the stunning mountain landscapes of China's Yunnan province.

Politician (2022)

Politician

director: 陈家坪 actor: 许志永

other title: 政治家

曾因在2013年推动官员财产公开、教育平权等多项中国公民运动而入狱4年的中国维权律师许志永，两年前和另一名维权律师丁家喜遭指控颠覆国家政权罪，被中国警方带走，6月17日召开庭前会议。旅美中国人权律师滕彪辗转取得中国独立纪录片导演陈家坪拍摄的许志永纪录片《政治家》，授权自由亚洲电台首发。滕彪律师17日接受自由亚洲电台专访，他表示许志永和丁家喜无罪，而是遭遇中国当局的政治迫害，希望透过这部片子让外界更关注许志永案、更关注中国维权律师和异议人士的处境，以及中国日益恶化的人权状况。

Koyaanisqatsi (1983) Eggplant.place Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB

Koyaanisqatsi

8.5 (69 ratings) director: 高佛雷·雷吉奥 actor: Lou Dobbs / 泰德·科佩尔

other title: 코야니스카시 / Koyaanisqatsi - Uma Vida Fora de Equilíbrio …

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

And Yet The Books 2 (2021) Douban

9.2 (218 ratings) director: 郝雨竹 / 杨骊珠 …

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015) IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

8.9 (64 ratings) director: 叶甫根尼·阿芬尼夫斯基 actor: Bishop Agapit / Catherine Ashton …

other title: 凛冬烈火：乌克兰自由之战 / 凛冬烈火：乌克兰为自由而战 …

2015 film by Evgeny Afineevsky

没有太阳的日子 (1990) IMDb TMDB

没有太阳的日子

8.8 (16 ratings) director: Kei Shu actor: Alfred Cheung / Hsiao-Hsien Hou …

Director Shu Kei travelled to Venice, Canada, London and Hong Kong, collecting accounts of the Tiananmen impact. Among his interviewees are: award-winning Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien; Hong Kong director Alfred Cheung, a witness to the massacre; actress Deanne Ip, whose national consciousness is fired by the event; as well as his own brothers, one who soon migrates from Hong Kong, and the other, already an Australian emigre. Their personal testimonies are pieced together into a mural of the Chinese people united in their horror and outrage.
—L.H. Wong <[email protected]>

The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995) TMDB WikiData IMDb

The Gate of Heavenly Peace

9.4 (100 ratings) director: Richard Gordon / Carma Hinton

other title: 天安门 / 天安門 (映画)

1995 film by Carma Hinton

Our Time, Our Story (2002) Douban

白鴿計劃

8.2 (13 ratings) director: 萧菊贞 actor: 侯孝贤 / 张艾嘉

other title: 白鸽计划 / 白鴿計劃

Madame (2010) TMDB Douban IMDb

姑奶奶

9.0 (138 ratings) director: 邱炯炯 actor: 樊其辉

other title: 姑奶奶

Qiu Jiongjiong's stark black-and-white series of interviews with transsexual cabaret singer Madame Bi Langda. Madame Bi's recollections of past experiences explicitly touch on how she performs her way through life, whether interacting with friends, lovers or her audience. More than a document of the increasingly complicated gender identity politics in China, it's also a poignant testimony of a life dedicated to articulating the aesthetics of living.

In Character (2018) Douban TMDB IMDb

入戏

7.7 (27 ratings) director: 董雪莹 actor: 叶京 / 段凯钟 …

other title: 入戏

Originally as a behind the scene documentary of Ye Jing’s film Songs of the Youth 1969. Director Ye Jing isolates 13 young people in a disused firearms factory, then dresses them in Cultural Revolution-era clothing and has them listen to Cultural Revolution-era music day in and day out as a kind of anthropological experiment.

Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020) Douban TMDB

Cosmos: Possible Worlds Season 1 part of TV Series: Cosmos: Possible Worlds

9.2 (26 ratings) director: 安·德鲁扬 / 布兰农·布拉加 actor: 尼尔·德格拉塞·泰森

《宇宙时空之旅：未知世界》（Cosmos：Possible Worlds）
在广阔无垠的时空中，有无数个尚待我们探索的世界，和等待我们诉说的故事。本季节目要带我们探索逝去和未来的世界。并带观众认识勇于探索这一切的人。

Cop Shop 2 (2011) IMDb Douban TMDB

差馆Ⅱ

8.6 (63 ratings) director: 周浩

other title: 差馆Ⅱ / 差馆2

第二年（2011）春运，我们一如既往回到这个派出所……
除了那几位老“差人”，上一部片中的“新疆人”、“来广州混的少年”、“忏悔的青年”……没有一位再次出现。
派出所，普通人一生也难得进去一次，可也有人一个春运要进去好几次。故事就从一些总要在这进进出出的人说起……
影片似乎仍然是没有重点，结构松散，主题混沌。
其实，人本身就是一矛盾体，由人组成的社会注定也是如此。

Cop Shop (2010) Douban IMDb TMDB

差馆

8.5 (130 ratings) director: 周浩 / 郑晓蕾

other title: 差馆 / 记录者之差馆

广州火车站站前派出所，一个万象生的地方，在这里你能看到社会的各个折射面。

三和人才市场 中国日结1500日元的年轻人们 (2018) TMDB Douban

三和人材市場～中国・日給1500円の若者たち～

8.4 (435 ratings) director: NHK actor: 远藤宪一

中国深圳郊外的龙华新区，有一处大型职业介绍所“三和人才市场”。
周围小巷内，残破建筑物林立，廉价网吧、旅馆、杂货店等百余家店铺鳞次栉比。众多年轻人或在网吧内瞌睡，或露宿街头。
本片在绚丽奢华的中国硅谷-深圳，倾听从社会底层支撑着制造业大国的人们的心声，关注在希望和绝望之间挣扎的年轻打工者们的现实。(kamonka)

Intention (2018) IMDb Douban WikiData TMDB

그날, 바다

9.0 (141 ratings) director: 金智永 actor: 郑雨盛

other title: 那天，大海 / 그날, 바다 …

2018 South Korean documentary film

Along the Railway (2000) TMDB IMDb Douban

铁路沿线

8.6 (55 ratings) director: Du Haibin

other title: 铁路沿线

This important, patient documentary follows a year in the life of the sidings dwellers who eke out a living, begging, foraging, stealing and sleeping rough near the Baoji railway station in Shaanxi.

历代经济变革得失 (2011) Douban

director: 腾讯微讲堂 actor: 吴晓波

吴晓波系列讲课之历代经济变革得失

Still Tomorrow (2016) IMDb TMDB Douban

摇摇晃晃的人间

8.0 (221 ratings) director: 范俭 actor: 余秀华 / 周金香 …

other title: 摇摇晃晃的人间

Yu Xiuhua was raised to hope for little from her life in the rural Chinese province of Hubei. At 19, Xiuhua’s mother encouraged her to marry a man nearly twice her age, fearful no one else would accept a wife with Xiuhua’s condition — cerebral palsy. But as her 20th anniversary approaches, Xiuhua’s poetry goes viral, and she becomes the voice of a rising feminist movement throughout China.

Diana: In Her Own Words (2017) Douban IMDb TMDB

Diana: In Her Own Words

8.3 (76 ratings) director: 汤姆·詹宁斯 actor: 戴安娜王妃 / 比尔·费洛斯 …

other title: 戴安娜：她的自述 / 戴安娜：她的自述（NGC版） …

Using home videos recorded by her voice coach, Diana takes us through the story of her life.

Lost Course (2019) Douban TMDB IMDb

迷航

8.8 (62 ratings) director: 李哲昕

other title: 迷航

Lost Course chronicles a grassroots democratic movement in the southern Chinese village of Wukan. The villagers protest against the corrupt local officials before ousting them and organising elections of their own. However, after taking control of their destiny, the villagers find themselves beset by the same corruption and cynicism endemic. Following three main characters, Li reveals the complexities of their struggles, triumphs and setbacks from the inside.