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Zhao Liang
Director 55 years old

Zhao Liang

Liaoning, China

Zhao was born in Liaoning Province, and graduated from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1992. He supported himself as a photographer while working on his early documentaries. Zhao's 2009 documentary Petition: The Court of the Complainants premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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4 titles
Bei xi mo shou

Bei xi mo shou

Zhao Liang 2015 1h 35m

Under the sun, the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining , the herdsmen have no choice but to leave as the meadow areas dwindle. In the moonlight, iron mines are brightly lit throughout the night.

Petition

Petition

Zhao Liang 2009 2h

It is a fantastic documentary about Chinese govt's systemic oppression and persecution toward ordinary folk who petition the government.

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Zhao Liang 2007 2h 2m 7.0

In a small town near China's North Korea border, a state police station exerts itself as a solicitous caretaker of the locals. As it goes out to catch criminals and punish them too, professionalism fades into the background.

Zhi fei ji

Zhi fei ji

Zhao Liang 2001 1h 18m

Paper Airplane is a feature-length documentary that looks at the breakdown of China’s socialist systems, which had previously provided jobs and security, now having turned to capitalism allows disenfranchised youths to fall into new lifestyles that sometimes involve the underworld of drugs.

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