Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

Wednesday, April 30 - Thursday, May 8, 2025

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Director Jia Zhangke interviews three prominent authors — Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong — from the same Shanxi province where Jia also grew up. We hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their villages and towns, from the social revolution of the 1950s through the unrest of the late 1980s.

Screening as part of Time and Tide: The Films of Jia Zhang-ke

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  • Country China
  • Language Mandarin with English subtitles
  • Year 2020
  • Running Time 111 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Cinema Guild
  • Director Jia Zhang-ke
  • Cast Jia Zhang-ke, Huifang Duan, Liang Hong, Yu Hua, Pingwa Jia, Tong Su
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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