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Photo of Jinyan Zeng

Jinyan Zeng

Postdoctoral fellow

Photo of Jinyan Zeng

Prisoners in Freedom City (EN & CN)

Director

  • Jinyan Zeng
  • Jia Hu

Summary, in English

Civil rights activist Hu Jia was held under house arrest from 2004 to 2008 in the upscale eastern suburbs of Beijing. One day Hu picked up a video camera and began to document things outside the window: his watchers, shepherds tending their flocks, spiders in the rain, and his fellow activist and wife, Zeng Jinyan, going to and from work under the unnervingly close watch of plainclothes police.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Document type

Artistic work

Topic

  • Studies on Film
  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • China
  • Activism
  • Documentary

Status

Published