We present Wang Bing’s most recent film in three parts, due to its very long run time – over 8 hours. In DEAD SOULS, Wang has located and interviewed survivors of Mao Tse-tung’s Jiabiangou labor camp, created to punish and re-educate people considered opponents of his regime.

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“In addition to being a work of memory that brings the past imaginatively to light, “DEAD SOULS” is a film of resistance that, in discussing the past, also confronts the present-day activities of the Chinese government.” -Richard Brody, New Yorker

“Wang’s film is a vital excavation of history in danger of being eroded away.” –Phil Hoad, Guardian