| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Zeng Jinyan in 2007. |
| Summary |
Civil rights activist Hu Jia was held under house arrest from 2004 to 2008 in the upscale eastern suburbs of Beijing. One day Hu picked up a video camera and began to document things outside the window: his watchers, shepherds tending their flocks, spiders in the rain, and his fellow activist and wife, Zeng Jinyan, going to and from work under the unnervingly close watch of plainclothes police. "*PRISONERS IN FREEDOM CITY documents Hu Jia and Zeng Jinyan’s repression in the name of social stability and their own acts of resistance. Hu and Zeng film their real lives, presenting the conflict between their ideals and reality with great impact. They are at once the documentarians and the subjects of a faithful record of their everyday lives.*" – ***Ai Weiwei*** |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Social action.
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Asians.
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Current affairs.
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Human rights.
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Political science.
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Sociology.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Jia, Hu, film director.
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Jinyan, Zeng, film director.
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Zeng Jinyan (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
6452344 Kanopy |
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