In Search of Lin Zhao's Soul

Xun zhao Lin Zhao de ling hun

China

2005

100 Min

Color

Mandarin

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Lin Zhao, an outstanding student from Peking University, was labeled a rightist when she criticized the Anti-Rightist Campaign, and was imprisoned twice. As prisoners were not allowed to have pens and paper, she wrote with her hairpin dipped in her own blood. Year after year, she wrote on, composing articles, poems and open letters, as many as 200,000 Chinese characters altogether. Hu Jie’s documentary In Search of Lin Zhao’s Soul reflects the unrivaled vigor and depth of Lin’s criticism and her excellent literary talent. —c-c-c.org

Director

Hu Jie

Hu Jie was born in 1958 and graduated from the Art College for the People’s Liberation Army, where he majored in oil painting. In 1995, he began to make documentaries. His films include Yuanmingyuan Artist Village (1995), Remote Mountains (1995), The Female Matchmaker (1996), On the Seaside (1999–2003), Mountain Songs in the Plain (2001–2003), Looking for Lin Zhao’s Soul (1999–2004), Bask in Sunshine (2002) and The Elected Village Chief (2000–2004). He also made a series of short films about migrant workers, including The Trash Collector (1998), The Janitors (1998), The Construction Workers (1998) and The Factory Set up by the Peasants (1998). —Senses of Cinema