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The Re-education of Ji Zhihao

Synopsis

In THE RE-EDUCATION OF JI ZHIHAO the filmmaker Tian Macleod Ji follows his uncle to China’s countryside, on a journey to explore both the tender bonds and the painful memories of the nation’s Maoist past.

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Year
2022
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 min 46 sec
Format
HD
Director
Tian Macleod Ji
Producer
Melissa Fajardo
Executive Producer
Soo-Jeong Kang
Editor
Tian Macleod Ji
Director of Photography
Tian Macleod Ji
Sound
Mikkel H. Eriksen
Composer
Nick Ereaut
Additional Music
David Ridley
Supervising Producer
Yara Bishara
Colourist
Stephen C. Horne
Editing Consultants
Jonas Mortensen, S. Louisa Wei, Melinda Liu, Jeremy Taylor

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