Facing the camera, Zheng Yan talks about 20th-century China. From the Japanese invasion to the Cultural Revolution, his words wind their way through the successive regimes, divided between his commitment to the CCP and shock at the series of purges. Indie Film Forum presents Xu Xin’s film Pathway, which was selected at Cinéma du Réel documentary festival in 2011.

XU Xin, born in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province in 1966, is an independent documentary filmmaker based in Beijing.
Graduated from fine arts faculty, he worked on oil paintings and photography in his early years. In 2000, Xu Xin started his own film studio to make documentaries. His feature length documentaries include: Ma Pi (2002), Fangshan Church (2005), Torch Troupe (2006), Karamay (2010).

Moderator: Liu Shu

Partner: Hour Hand Film Workshop