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.