London Chinese Cultural Centre

THE SUN IN WINTER

• Dir: Zhao Gang | 2002 | 80 mins.
• Monday 7th February 2005 5.30 pm (Khalili Lecture Theatre)

China has been introducing ballot box democracy at the grassroots level in rural villages.This remarkable work of visual ethnography documents the impact of the process on village life in western China.The director spent three whole years filming in the village in order to show how local politics, economy and culture have been transformed by the introduction of democratic institutions.