From Leitmotif to Film Noir: China's Rust Belt on the Silver Screen (Dorothee Hou, Moravian Univ.)

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In the 1990s, Chinaʼs northeast, the former bastion of state-owned heavy industry, underwent a massive economic reform, resulting in over 35 million blue-collar workers being laid off. This lecture examines the changing cinematic representations of Chinaʼs Rust Belt, ranging from state-sponsored leitmotif films, to independent documentaries and commercial crime thrillers.