Jia Zhangke - A Guy From Fenyang

Through efforts like "The World," "Still Life," and "A Touch of Sin," Chinese director Jia Zhangke has emerged as a canny chronicler and critic of his country’s challenges in meeting the seismic cultural shifts of the new millennium. Filmmaker Walter Salles offers a compelling portrait of his peer, sharing the impressions of Jia’s friends and collaborators as he wanders the locales of his hometown that have been spotlighted in his features. 98 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English; featurette. In Mandarin with English subtitles.