BEIJING TAXI SXSW! Three cabbies' bumpy ride on China's road to modernization
A Documentary project in New York, NY by Miao Wang ·
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Update #3: We did it!!!
Posted on February 15, 2010
A big congrats again to everyone who helped make the impossible happen!! This is what they call "crowd-funding!" :-) This campaign far exceeded my expectations, to raise the full $11,000 plus some in a very short 30 days!
I am working very hard on the final push before the festival premiere in a little less than a month. I'm looking forward to watching the beautiful final mastered print of the film projected on the big screen, made possible by all of you. Having a finished film in hand is a small end of a long journey that started over three years ago, yet it also marks the beginning of the next monumental challenge - getting the film out into the world!
Please do continue to spread the word for the film in any way you can. If you or someone you know would be interested to screen the film at your local festival, theatre, university or institution, please feel free to get in touch! I can be reached at: miao at beijingtaxithefilm.com.
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For anyone stumbling upon this page for the first time (or if anyone you know) would still like to make a contribution to the project, please consider a tax-deductible donation. The expenses related to distribution, marketing and promotions for the film is a huge chunk we're yet faced with.
For a tax-deductible donation, you can make the check payable to:
Women Make Movies - Beijing Taxi
Mail the check to:
Miao Wang
59 Newell Street, #3R, Brooklyn, NY 11222
All the very best,
Miao
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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 at numerous festivals, received a Best Short Film Award, broadcast on WNET Thirteen, and is distributed by Filmaker’s Library. In the past she worked as an assistant at Maysles Films, edited a feature-length PBS documentary and programs for National Geographic. Miao has a B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago and a M.F.A. in design and film from the Parsons School of Design.
Beijing Taxi is Miao’s first feature length documentary. Miao has received a grant from the Sundance Documentary Fund, the Jerome Foundation, and NYSCA, for BEIJING TAXI. She has been selected to participate in Tribeca All Access, IFP Filmmaker’s Lab, the IFP Market, as well as the DocuClub screening series. Currently she splits her time between New York and Beijing.
