The Private Life of Fenfen
Leslie Tai
»I decided to liberate myself from the traditional modes of documentary altogether.«
– Leslie Tai
The 23-year-old Fenfen reports in her video diary on life as a migrant worker in Southern China. Using about 100 hours of this footage, Leslie Tai constructs a kind of reality TV show that is broadcast in snack bars, hair salons and small shops. Rather like mainstream TV entertainment, Fenfen’s private life elicits comments from the viewers. Sometimes, though, it just runs in the background.
Film programme Imaging an Image
Leslie Tai
Leslie Tai ist eine Filmemacherin aus San Francisco. Sie studierte Design und Media Arts an der University of California in Los Angeles, bevor sie 2006 nach China zog. Hier studierte sie bei Wu Wenguang Dokumentarfilm. Sie ist Fulbright Stipendiatin und machte einen Master in Dokumentarfilm und Video an der Stanford University.
Filme von Leslie Tai
Grave Goods 2012 | Superior Life Classroom 2012 | Burial Shroud 2011 | Lonely Lotus 2010 | Sister Heaven Sister Earth 2009
