Wandering Village

Country / Region
China
Year
2015
Producer
Ruby CHEN
Director
Zeng Xi
Time
60min
Language
Chinese with English subtitles
Production
CNEX Foundation Limited
Distribution
CNEX Studio Corporation

North of the National Stadium, the Bird’s Nest, in Beijing is Dong Xiao Kou, a place where 30 thousand Henan residents migrated. They earn a living by scavenging for worn-out recyclables, trying to find a shelter in this city.

The film records in prose style how families, clans, and villagers move collectively and relocate in Beijing, searching for a livable place and coping with the sense of marginalization and instability in the process of nationwide modernization.