Children Are Not Afraid of Death, Children Are Afraid of Ghosts

  • China Hai zi bu ju pa si wang dan shi hai pa mo gui (more)
China, 2017, 85 min

Directed by:

Rong Guang Rong

Cinematography:

Rong Guang Rong
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Four brothers and sisters, aged five to fourteen, collectively commit suicide by drinking pesticide: what could drive children to such an act of desperation? In 2015, shortly after this horrific event, documentary maker and artist Rong Guang Rong travelled to the village where the drama took place in the hope of finding an answer to this question. He was not made to feel welcome, however: he was arrested, intimidated and sent away, and his footage seized. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)

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