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dGenerate Films is a non-theatrical distributor of award-winning independent films from China. Their aim is to bring more images of contemporary life in mainland China to U.S. audiences.〔NPR. "Exit the Dragon: New Views of China." http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2008/05/exit_the_dragon_new_views_of_c_1.html〕 The company was launched in 2008 by American independent film veterans, including producer Karin Chien.〔dGenerate Films. "About" http://dgeneratefilms.com/about/〕 dGenerate Films has the international rights to nearly forty independent Chinese films, and they distribute them abroad mostly to educational institutions and festivals, though they also are available to a general audience. Many of them are smuggled illegally out of China, where the uncensored films are considered to be counter-government. Examples of releases include: *''1408'', a documentary on the effects of the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake on the lives of rural people near the epicenter *''Betelnut'', a narrative following the love, work, and aimless pursuits of 21st century teenagers in a sleepy riverside city in rural China *''Disorder'', a documentary featuring chaotic, humorous and provocative found video images of life in China's booming cities *''Dong'', a documentary following artist Liu Xiaodong as he paints workers demolishing an ancient town in advance of the new Three Gorges Dam *''Fujian Blue'', a narrative film on the lives of young men, aspiring small time hoods, in a fast-paced corner of coastal China *''Ghost Town'', a documentary tracing the lives of a Christian community in decline in a remote corner of southwestern China *''In Search of Lin Zhao's Soul'', a documentary on the legacy of Lin Zhao, a young woman rebel who died in the 1960s Cultural Revolution *''Little Moth'', a narrative film about a young girl who is forced by her adoptive parents to beg for money on the streets *''Karamay'', a documentary of personal testimonies on a mysterious 1994 fire that resulted in the death of Uighur people in Xinjiang Province *''Meishi Street'', a documentary following the demolishing of an ordinary neighborhood in Beijing in preparation for the 2008 Olympics *''The Other Half'', a narrative in which a young woman tries to escape a destructive lover and the toxic natural environment of her city *''Oxhide'', a narrative in which filmmaker Liu Jiayin presents an intimate, funny, fictionalized portrait of her working class Beijing family *''Queer China Comrade China'', a documentary about the history of gay rights and the place of homosexuality in modern Chinese culture *''San Yuan Li'', a documentary tracing a traditional village which has been surrounded by the postmodern megalopolis of Guangzhou *''Struggle'', a documentary focused on workers who suffered severe injuries in a high tech factory manufacturing products for western export *''Using'', a documentary showing the troubled relations between a drug addict, his girlfriend, and the filmmaker eager to expose their lives *''When the Bough Breaks'', a documentary on a Beijing family suffering hard times, whose children take responsibility to support each other ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DGenerate Films」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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