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Words Fly Back to the Black Earth

Words Fly Back to the Black Earth

2025•19m•Documentary•Family•History

A calling inhabits the blank pages, unfolding a secret writing of hers. The unseen written traces seep from the murmuring land, pushing through fragmented voices to become new forms, beings made material. Framed as a dialogue with my grandmother, this film explores an alternative form of personal writing by Chinese women in political shifts, absent and abundant. The 'blank' becomes an image, carrying a search for agency; of land transformed and of women unheard. By breaking down linguistic structures, the film opens a space for imagining, reading, and performing, allowing for emergence.

Xiao Zhang · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime19m
LanguageCN
Release DateNov 6, 2025

Actors

Shumei Chen

Shumei Chen

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