In this pbs video interview, lixin fan discusses the inspiration behind his film last train home. Futures last train home director lixin fan indiewire. This evening i had the honor of interviewing the young chinese filmmaker lixin fan after a screening of his documentary film last train home. An intimate look at the challenges facing a changing nation. Working over several years in classic verite style, filmmaker lixin fan chronicles the mass exodus of million chinese migrant workers as they trek from the city to their home villages for the new years holiday. It is a documentary of one migrant family and the sad realities of life in sweat shop china. Last train home lixin fan mila aungthwin christi collier 2010 forced to live far away, two chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them. Learn what has happened to the zhang family from the documentary last train home, and whats next for the films director, lixin fan. Filmmaker lixin fan may very well be one of modernday chinas great non fiction storytellers.
Lixin fan on characters of last train home master class. Filmmaker lixin fan talked with viewers about last train home, filming the zhang family and the lifestyles of chinese migrant workers. Every spring, chinas million migrant workers travel back to their home villages. Last train home is a documentary film about the lives of migrant workers who continuously live life traveling and working. Watch last train home movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.
Last train home 2009 lixin fan m recommended for mature audiences 15 years and over start watching. Lixin fan s last train home examines the consequences of the zeal with which china trades in the global market and the death of an old way of life as the nation settles into its role as international manufacturing. Honor roll 2010 last train home director lixin fan. Their unseen story plays out as china soars towards being a world superpower. Lixin fan is known for his work on gui tu lie che 2009, p. Sep 03, 2010 filmmaker lixin fan may very well be one of modernday chinas great nonfiction storytellers.
Mar 27, 2010 petition and last train home are two remarkable chinese documentaries that explore loneliness, individuals principles, and how it feels to be swept up in events beyond your control. Last train home lixin fan free download so she went back to the village to take care of the son. Last train home was an interesting, but disturbing, documentary by lixin fan showing us the modern china,where most of the manufacturing for the world were made today. Working over several years in classic verite style chinesecanadian filmmaker lixin fan with the producers of the awardwinning hit documentary up the. A couple embarks on a journey home for chinese new year along with million other migrant workers, to reunite with their children and struggle for a future. Watch last train home directed by lixin fan online vimeo on. Lixins debut feature documentary last train home is the winner of joris ivens award at idfa 2009. Fancy watching last train home on your tv or mobile device at home. Working over several years in classic verite style chinesecanadian filmmaker lixin fan with the producers of the awardwinning hit documentary up the yangtze. Last train home is a family story about chinese migrant workers. Filmmaker lixin fan may very well be one of modernday. On wednesday, september 28, 2011, filmmaker lixin fan talked with viewers about last train home, filming the zhang family and the lifestyles of chinese migrant workers. Its a story about hundreds of millions, who work day and night in the production lines that make consumer goods for the rest of the world, coming home for new year celebrations. Print out the last train home poster with the pov airdate and hang it on the wall of your dorm room, cubicle, break room, food coop bulletin board, refrigerator door.
Not many firsttime independent filmmakers land a coveted spot in the sunday arts section of the new york times and an interview on the leonard lopate show. Last train home has now been seen by audiences in america, both in theaters and now on pbs. The movie has been out for a few years, and it has. A feature documentary about migrant workers in china and the worlds largest annual human migration.
His sundance world cinema documentary competition film, last train home is a. Watch last train home directed by lixin fan online vimeo. But the movie is not only about families traveling. Rent last train home 2009 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. With changhua zhang, yang zhang, suqin chen, qin zhang. Last train home, an extraordinary documentary, watches that conflict play out over a period of three years in one family. Last train home is a stark, bleak, and unflinching revelation of a film. It won the best documentary feature at 2009 idfa and has been distributed by zeitgeist films in the us. Documentarian lixin fan follows a couple who, like million other chinese peasants, left their rural village for work in the city, leaving their children to be raised by grandparents, returning only once a year on an arduous 1,000mile journey. Filmmaker lixin fan follows changhua and suqin over the course of several years in the documentary last train home, as the couple makes the long journey home over a thousand miles only to find that their family is slowly falling apart 16yearold qin and her younger brother, yang, are all but strangers now to their parents, and the. The story begins in the winter of with the parents.
Rent last train home 2009 starring changhua zhan and suqin chen on dvd and bluray. Last train home 2009 stream and watch online moviefone. Sep 14, 2010 filmmaker lixin fan s last train home documents the journey million migrant workers make back to their rural villages every chinese new year. Documenting stories of struggle in modern china the lancet. Last train home by lixin fan lixin fan, changua zhang, suqin. The story begins in the winter of with the parents working in a sweatshop factory and attempting to buy train tickets. Lixin fan was born in china, growing up as his country was modernizing and. Its one of those extraordinary films, like hoop dreams, that tells a story the makers. Yahnke and others published last train home produced by daniel cross and directed by lixin fan find, read and cite all the research you need on. After the film, gary dou from the mu asian affairs center will discuss the film and how chinese families strive to sustain their culture despite urbanization. Homeward train is a 2009 documentary film directed by lixin fan.
Last train home produced by daniel cross and directed by lixin fan. Painful social conflict will arise between those chinese citizens who produce consumer goods for the world, and those chinese who want to consume them. His sundance world cinema documentary competition film, last train home is a documentary. Feb 08, 20 set against the backdrop of the worlds largest annual human migration, last train home follows changhua zhang and his wife suqin, factory workers who travel home once a year on chinese new year. Last train home s intimate observation of one fractured family sheds light on the human cost of chinas ascendance as an economic superpower. Posted on january 22, 2020 author admin comment0 so she went back to the village to take care of the son. Last train home won best documentary feature at the 2009 international documentary film festival amsterdam. It was at the painful moment when the crew and i witnessed the father become frustrated and hit his daughter right after they arrived at their village home before new years eve. March 1977, in wuhan, hubei province, china, is a montreal, quebec, canadabased documentary film director with the canadian production company eyesteelfilm and previously a producerjournalist at chinas state broadcaster cctv. Delve deeper into last train home a film by lixin fan this multimedia resource list, compiled by gina blume of the monroe township public library, includes books, films and other materials related to the issues presented in the film last train home. Learn more about lixin fan at with exclusive news, full bio and filmography as well as photos, videos, and more. The film was also an official selection at sundance film festival.
In september 2011, last train home director lixin fan provided the latest news on the zhang family and the films reception in china. Filmed with almost voyeuristic style, its hard not to want to turn away when you see the eyes of those being filmed glaring back at you as if daring you to look hard at the. Can you tell us what the reaction has been among u. The film continues to show how they all live trying to overcome such difficult lifestyles. Last train home eyesteelfilm the adventures of montreals. Sixteen years ago, the zhangs abandoned their young children to find work in the city, consoled by the hope that their. But 33yearold lixin fan, a chineseborn canadian immigrant who splits his time between montreal and beijing, has generated a lot of interest among editors at major dailies and business publications alike for his documentary last train. Every spring, chinas cities are plunged into chaos as million migrant workers journey to. Last train home is selected in world documentary competition at sundance film festival 2010 and won the top prize at ridm montreal and the whistler international film festival.
September 27, 2011 at 10 pm check local listings watch the trailer and find out more about this film at. This page was last edited on 19 february 2019, at 02. Last train home discussion guide influence film club. Last train home produced by daniel cross and directed by. Last train home director, lixin fan filmmaker magazine. Last train home, an emotionally engaging and visually beautiful debut film from chinesecanadian director lixin fan, draws us into the fractured lives of a single migrant family caught up in this desperate annual migration. Filmmaker lixin fan may very well be one of modernday chinas great nonfiction storytellers. Director lixin fan s last train home documents the experience of one chinese family among millions traveling to their home village for the new year celebration. Last train home directed by lixin fan official trailer. Homeward train is a 2009 documentary film directed by lixin fan and produced by daniel cross and mila aungthwin of eyesteelfilm. Jul 01, 2012 this evening i had the honor of interviewing the young chinese filmmaker lixin fan after a screening of his documentary film last train home. He describes the family that is at the center of the film, and the challenges he faced while filming them. Throughout springtime in china, millions of migrant workers go home to their families.
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