Happy Chinese New Year!
Documentary Edge is pleased to present two DOCommunity screenings this weekend as part of Auckland Lantern Festival. These two films are both Documentary Edge alumni.
Please note a revised time for New Beijing from what was previously circulated.
New Beijing will show at 5pm. So that's plenty of time to make a visit to Albert Park and see the lanterns between the first and second DOCommunity screenings!
I M Pei - Building China Modern
Director: Anne Makepeace
Sunday, 1 March at 1pm
At the Auditorium, Auckland Art Gallery
China, USA / 2010 / 59min / English, Chinese with English subtitles
This isn't your run-of-the-mill biopic. Instead, the film follows world-renowned architect Pei as he travels to his ancestral home in China after seven decades of living in the West and tries to introduce modernist ideas while preserving the country's heritage. For an architect in his twilight years, it's a challenge that leads to self reflection and personal discoveries - and inevitably, he enters a crucible of conflict.
'It is my biggest challenge,' says the 93 year-old architect who is best known for redesigning the Louvre in Paris. 'It is probably also my last challenge.'
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