"High Tech, Low Life," a new documentary about Chinese bloggers directed by Stephen Maing, debuted at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 19. It documents the lives of Zola (Zhou Shuguang) and Tiger Temple (Zhang Shihe), as they blur the lines of citizen journalism and...
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Rebecca McKinnon reports on 27 year-old blogger Zhou Shuguang, aka "Zola," whom the Chinese government have banned from leaving the country as a "potential threat to state security." Snip: The tagline of [Zola's] blog says in Englis... Read Post
The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, which will run from April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan, has announced the films that will play in this year's World Narrative and Documentary Competition film categories, which are both competition ... Read Post
Stephen Maing's documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this week, tackles the subject of internet censorship by relaying the struggles of two Chinese bloggers. Read Post