The vanishing spring light /

A sensitively shot personal portrait which documents the parallel decline of the ageing matriarch Grandma Jiang and the old neighborhood where she grew up - set to disappear under the inexorable forward march of gentrification. After suffering from a sudden stroke, Grandma Jiang loses much of the in...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Yu, Xun (Director, Producer), Cross, Daniel (Documentary filmmaker) (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	Chinese
Language Notes:	In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Published:	[Canada] ; [China] : CAT&Docs, 2011.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Families > China. Death > China. Familles > Chine. Mort > Chine. Death Families China Documentaries and Factual Films documentary film. Documentary films Nonfiction films Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	A sensitively shot personal portrait which documents the parallel decline of the ageing matriarch Grandma Jiang and the old neighborhood where she grew up - set to disappear under the inexorable forward march of gentrification. After suffering from a sudden stroke, Grandma Jiang loses much of the independence she fought to maintain. As her health deteriorates, suppressed conflicts within the family bubble to the surface. The Vanishing Spring Light is a film about love and loss within a family, about obligations and blood ties, about guilt, change and fate.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed May 18, 2020).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (112 minutes)
Playing Time:	01:51:45
Production Credits:	Producer, Daniel Cross & Tao Gu ; cinematographer, Xun Yu "Fish" ; editor, Tao Gu.