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on December 27
Miao Wang
backed a project
Newsmotion by Newsmotion.org
Newsmotion is a civic media, public art and documentary storytelling initiative.
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118% funded $41,338 pledged
- 568 backers
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Miao Wang
Posted project update #9Beijing Taxi PBS World Broadcast Premiere Tonight!
Post CommentDear supporters of Beijing Taxi,
BEIJING TAXI will have its PBS broadcast premiere JUNE 25, prime time show at 9PM. Other showtimes throughout the day.
Thanks Kickstarter for posting a blog announcement:
http://worldcompass.org/broadcast-schedule/beijing-taxi-1
Interview with Miao Wang for PBS World:
http://worldcompass.org/content/filmmaker-miao-wang
http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/beijing-taxis-pbs-broadcast-premiere-this-saturday
Note the time is Eastern Time, please adjust accordingly for your city.
Sat, June 25, 2011, 9:00 PM EST
Sun, June 26, 2011, 2:00 AM EST
Website: http://www.beijingtaxithefilm.com/
NOMINATED - Best Feature Doc - SXSW 2010
WINNER - Best Feature Doc - Sidewalk FF 2010
WINNER - Best Director - Duke City Docfest 2010
NY - Channel 21 WLIW PBS World / Time Warner Channel 164
Boston - WGBH
List of Stations in Select Cities to view the broadcast:
http://worldcompass.org/where_to_watch_world_tv
ALAS-Fairbanks AK
ARKA-Conway AR
GEOR-Atlanta GA
IDAH-Boise ID
IOWA-Johnston IA
KAET-Phoenix AZ
KEET-Eureka CA
KERA-Dallas TX
KETC-St. Louis MO
KIXE-Redding CA
KLRN-San Antonio TX
KNME-Albuquerque NM
KOCE-Huntington Beach, CA
KOOD-Bunker Hill KS
KSPS-Spokane WA
KSYS-Medford OR
KUAT-Tucson AZ
KUED-Salt Lake City UT
MAIN-Bangor ME
MONT-Bozeman MT
NEBR-Lincoln NE
SDAK-Vermillion SD
VERM-Colchester VT
WBRA-Roanoke VA
WCFE-Plattsburgh NY
WCTE-Cookeville, TN
WCNY-Syracuse NY
WETP-Knoxville TN
WGBH-Boston MA
WGBY-Springfield MA
WGCU-Fort Myers FL
WHRO-Norfolk VA
WHYY-Philadelphia PA
WILL-Urbana IL
WIPB-Muncie IN
WJCT-Jacksonville FL
WKAR-East Lansing MI
WLJT-Martin TN
WMEC-Chatham IL
WMHT-Troy NY
WMVS-Milwaukee WI
WNET-New York NY
WPSU-University Park PA
WQLN-Erie PA
WSIU-Carbondale IL
WSRE-Pensacola FL
WTIU-Bloomington IN
WTVP-Peoria IL
WUFT-Gainesville FL
WVIZ-Cleveland OH
WXXI-Rochester NY
WYES-Metairie LA
WYOM-Riverton WY
Beijing Taxi - A Film by Miao Wang
Set against the backdrop of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, BEIJING TAXI is a timely, uncensored and richly cinematic portrait of China's ancient capital as it undergoes a profound transformation. The film takes an intimate and compelling look at the lives of three cab drivers as they confront modern issues and changing values. Through their daily struggles infused with humor and quiet determination, BEIJING TAXI reveals the complexity and contradictions of China's shifting paradigm. -
on June 7, 2011
Miao Wang
backed a project
Human Negotiations/ 人间世 by Lance Rosenfield
Experimental photography book by Katharina Hesse and Lara Day about the lives of sex workers in Bangkok, Thailand.
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102% funded $8,185 pledged
- 121 backers
- Funded Jun 09, 2011
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on May 12, 2011
Miao Wang
backed a project
The Black Garden - A New Photography Project by Jason Eskenazi
The Black Garden is a photographic investigation of the East/West divide. Based in Istanbul I will travel the region for one year.
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113% funded $13,670 pledged
- 157 backers
- Funded Jul 11, 2011
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on April 6, 2011
Miao Wang
backed a project
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry by Alison Klayman
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY is the first feature-length documentary about China's (in)famous artist and activist, Ai Weiwei.
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260% funded $52,175 pledged
- 793 backers
- Funded May 28, 2011
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on April 6, 2011
Miao Wang
commented on a projectYou did it!! I had faith in you!
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on March 22, 2011
Miao Wang
backed a project
STOLEN SEAS : the untold story behind modern day piracy by Thymaya Payne
A feature length documentary film: How Victims Become Villains and Other Untold Stories of Somali Piracy
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105% funded $15,750 pledged
- 202 backers
- Funded Apr 06, 2011
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on December 10, 2010
Miao Wang
Posted project update #8BEIJING TAXI Opens TONIGHT at reRun Gastropub Theater - ONE WEEK ONLY!
Post CommentDear Kickstarter supporters,
BEIJING TAXI opens theatrically for ONE WEEK ONLY in NY’s new indie film theater – reRun Gastropub Theater in DUMBO Brooklyn. For those of you who missed it at the IFC Center in October, this is your chance to catch it at the intimate setting of this theater! And for those of you who saw it at IFC, please kindly forward widely to your friends! A successfully theatrical opening in NY is crucial for the journey of this film to get out to the rest of the country’s theaters. Thank you as always for your support. Come join me for a drink tonight and tomorrow night.
"Poignant... Seamless" – THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Mesmerizing” – *CRITICS’ PICK ** NEW YORK MAGAZINE
“Engrossing... Imagistic... Revealing” – VARIETYNPR’s Here and Now interview with Miao Wang - http://www.hereandnow.org/2010/11/16/beijing-taxi
Opens TONIGHT, December 10, 7pm ReRun Gastropub Theater
147 Front Street Brooklyn, NY 11201
http://reruntheater.com/
TICKETS ON-SALE: http://beijingtaxi.eventbrite.com/
PURCHASE IN ADVANCE, especially for the Friday/Saturday shows.SHOWTIMES:
Dec 10 Fri, 11 Sat, 14 Tue, 15 Wed: 7pm + 9:30pm
Dec 12 Sun: 10pm
Dec 13 Mon: 8pm
Dec 16 Thurs: 1pm*** SPECIAL GUESTS + Q&As on Dec. 10 + 11 + 13 ***
*** COME EARLY FOR LIQUOR & SNACKS! Last call 5 minutes before showtime ***
Argot Pictures presents BEIJING TAXI, a timely, uncensored and richly cinematic portrait of China's ancient capital as it undergoes a profound transformation. Intimately tracking the lives of three cab drivers as they confront modern issues and changing values against the backdrop of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, the toast of Stockholm and SXSW (and Best Feature Documentary at this year's Sidewalk Film Festival) makes its New York theatrical premiere with a week-long run, December 10 - 16.
Told from the perspective of the lao bai xing (general public), Beijing-born American director Miao Wang's feature debut introduces us to Bai Jiwen, a mid '50s hack from the older, lost generation that came of age during the Cultural Revolution. A tough-minded mother in her thirties, Wei Caixia aspires to a free-spirited life and the entrepreneurial success that has captivated younger generations. Aged in-between is Zhou Yi, an optimistic and contented man who holds on to the more traditional Beijinger's lifestyle of the past as the city modernizes around him. Together, the trio radiates a warm-humored sense of humanity despite the struggles each faces in adapting to the new realities of urban living.
With stunning imagery by Ian Vollmer (WIDE AWAKE) and Sean Price Williams (BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS TOKYO) and an atmospheric contemporary score, BEIJING TAXI investigates a rising nation struggling to reconcile enormous contradictions while adjusting to a capitalist system that often seems foreign within a Communist-ruled, educated landscape. Candid, perceptive and moody in style, BEIJING TAXI takes us on an evocative trip through fragments of a society riding its bumpy roads. The destination is unknown, but these drivers forge ahead.
78 minutes. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Presented in Blu-ray. Unrated. An Argot Pictures release. More info at http://www.beijingtaxithefilm.com
"Rich and culturally challenging... A rare glimpse inside the new heart of China."
- Marc Savlov, THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE"An outstanding ride! BEIJING TAXI dips us under the mainstream media's radar screen and places us in the seat of a journey through the capital of China: a lyrical, funny and at times bitter journey."
- Stewart Nusbaumer, THE HUFFINGTON POST"Vivid but impressionistic... Wang has a gift for defamiliarization, transforming the everyday into something beguiling... BEIJING TAXI has a powerful, defining sense of place."
- Victoria Large, NOT COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU -
on December 1, 2010
Miao Wang
backed a project
I Love You Real Fast by Krisanne Johnson
Photography project documenting the coming of age rites of young women amid the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Swaziland.
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139% funded $10,443 pledged
- 222 backers
- Funded Dec 05, 2010
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Miao Wang
Posted project update #7BEIJING TAXI - IFC Center NYC - TONIGHT
Post CommentNew Yorkers, looking forward to seeing you at the IFC Center TONIGHT. And please do join us for the after-party at the Bubble Lounge, sponsored by the Tribeca Film Institute. (Hors d'oeuvres and ONE FREE DRINK with ticket stub)
Get your tickets if you haven't yet:
http://www.ifccenter.com/films/beijing-taxi/
Miao Wang
New York, NY
Born in Beijing, China just after the Cultural Revolution, Miao Wang grew up with the last remnants of a pre-modernized Communist China. She immigrated to the US in 1990. Her first documentary as a director and producer, YELLOW OX MOUNTAIN, has screened... view more
