First Farewell
An emotionally rewarding glimpse into challenges faced by this Muslim minority.
A First Farewell
Wang Lina’s experimental debut explores the sensitivity shared by narrative filmmaking and documenting reality, unveiling poetry from the minutiae of Uighurs' life in Xinjiang like none other. Tailing an endearing boy named Isa in Shaya, her heavenly home village surrounded by textured sand dunes and millennia-old trees, she tugs viewers' heartstrings with a story about treasures in his carefree childhood and how they gradually fade away, as love, home, and personal advancement get weighed against another for this generation of minority children, who must bid many farewells to assimilate into the more widely acknowledged best life.
Genre
Documentary
Web Site
Runtime
86
Language
Chinese
Director
Wang Lina
FEATURED REVIEW
Richard Kuipers, Variety
An outstanding debut feature by Chinese writer-director Wang Lina, “A First Farewell” centers on three Uighur children and their farming families whose lives are upended by regulations demanding increased levels of Mandarin language-based teaching in schools. Beautifully photographed and performed ...
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 2.26.21 - 3.11.21
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