Memories of Journey

Directed and written by Peter Hao Chen
94 mins. Documentary.
1.37:1. Color, Black/White.
English, Mandarin (English subtitles).
Synopsis
"Memories of Journey" is an essay film that interweaves meditations on travels with stories of journeys in China across a century: A student expedition into the heart of China in the 1930s, a young traveler's visions of the melancholic landscapes of his homeland, the narratives of movements in early Chinese silent films. Through these fragments of travelogues, the film explores the nature of consciousness in motion and what it means to use archives, images, and cinema as documentations as well as vehicles for travel.
Exhibits
Pomona College History Department, United States, 2024
Les Écrans de Chine, France, 2024
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