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Words Fly Back to the Black Earth (2025)
Directed by Xiao Zhang
Documentary, Family, History · 19m
A calling inhabits the blank pages, unfolding a secret writing of hers. The unseen written traces seep from the murmuring land, pushing through fragmented voices to become new forms, beings made material. Framed as a dialogue with my grandmother, this film explores an alternative form of personal writing by Chinese women in political shifts, absent and abundant. The 'blank' becomes an image, carrying a search for agency; of land transformed and of women unheard. By breaking down linguistic structures, the film opens a space for imagining, reading, and performing, allowing for emergence.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Xiao Zhang
Details
- Original title
- 词藻飞回大地深处
- Release date
- 2025-11-06
- Runtime
- 19m
- Genres
- Documentary, Family, History
- Original language
- CN
- Spoken languages
- Cantonese
- Countries
- United States of America, China