Event details
Apr
11
EACA Film Screening: The General's Guard
Please join us for a screening of Chinese director Jiang Nenjie's 2022 documentary The General's Guard 将军的卫士, followed by a Q&A with the director via zoom.
In the upheaval of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, a young patriot Tang Menglong entered the ranks of General Song Xilian, rising from an eager recruit to a wartime aide. From battlefield glory to the disquiet of civil war and political campaigns after 1949, Tang’s life traces the fragile line between loyalty and survival in modern China’s shifting tides. His past as a Nationalist soldier shadows not only his own fate but that of his wife and children, turning private life into another arena of endurance.
Jiang Nengjie 蒋能杰 is a renowned independent filmmaker who grew up in rural China. His works reflect a deep care about social issues such as left-behind childrenwar veterans, coal workers, disabilities, and sexual minorities. Featured works: "Children of Village School" "Miners, Horsekeeper,and Pneumoconiosis," "Rainbow Cruise."
Our discussant Fangyuan Huang is a PhD. candidate in East Asian Studies. Research interest: Chinese literary and media culture.
In the upheaval of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, a young patriot Tang Menglong entered the ranks of General Song Xilian, rising from an eager recruit to a wartime aide. From battlefield glory to the disquiet of civil war and political campaigns after 1949, Tang’s life traces the fragile line between loyalty and survival in modern China’s shifting tides. His past as a Nationalist soldier shadows not only his own fate but that of his wife and children, turning private life into another arena of endurance.
Jiang Nengjie 蒋能杰 is a renowned independent filmmaker who grew up in rural China. His works reflect a deep care about social issues such as left-behind childrenwar veterans, coal workers, disabilities, and sexual minorities. Featured works: "Children of Village School" "Miners, Horsekeeper,and Pneumoconiosis," "Rainbow Cruise."
Our discussant Fangyuan Huang is a PhD. candidate in East Asian Studies. Research interest: Chinese literary and media culture.
Speakers
Jiang Nengjie
Huang Fangyuan
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