documentary

#ChinaGrams: The Surreal Sculptures of Yelang Valley with Photographer Guan Nan

An artist's homage to an ancient tribe that all but vanished

By RADII ChinaJune 18, 2019

Gouachi went from ordinary student to star DJ, performing at Shanghai's top venues. We visit her at ...

By Adan KohnhorstJanuary 25, 2019

Bay Area China-watchers be aware: SFMOMA is set to kick off a two-week+ program of rarely seen ...

By Josh FeolaJanuary 9, 2019

There's cruelty, warmth, treachery, conflict, and enormous market opportunity in Tencent x BBC's latest co-production, which follows ...

By Fan ShuhongNovember 15, 2018

Hao Wu's award-winning documentary about China's "zhibo" culture and industry will hit select screens in NY, LA, ...

By RADII ChinaNovember 5, 2018

The CCTV documentary's third season ignores the complex reality of urban China's contemporary foodways, and has been ...

This image of a vendor of fake flowers comes from the excellent Yiwu documentary "Second Tier City"

By RADII ChinaSeptember 17, 2017

"Starting a business is almost a must-do for young people in Yiwu, like getting married and having ...

By Josh FeolaSeptember 16, 2017

China will throw the weight of its burgeoning film industry towards one of its true originals

By Josh FeolaSeptember 15, 2017

A startlingly sincere portrait of how something obscure like beatboxing can go on to define a person, ...

By Adan KohnhorstSeptember 6, 2017