High Tech Low Life |

High Tech Low Life

Apr 5, 2013
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Trailer • Offical Site • Cause
Mandarin with English subtitles • 87 min
Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema
Goldcorps Centre for the Arts, SFU
149 W. Hastings St. Vancouver (map)

A multiple-award-winning documentary about Zola and Tiger Temple – two groundbreaking Chinese citizen journalists

“A delightful surprise” – Variety

♦ Skype audience interview with filmmaker Steve Maing after the film

Synopsis: With the Chinese government employing 40,000 “internet police,” more than half a million websites are blocked in the country. Local TV stations only publicize “the good news.” The rising tide of censorship has aroused a wave of citizen reporters committed to investigating local news stories and crime scenes. High Tech Low Life is a timely and probing documentary [that] tracks rogue bloggers Zola and Tiger Temple as they risk political persecution to become China’s uncensored eyes and ears.
Synopsis courtesy of Tribeca Film Festival

Stephen Maing – Director/Producer/Cinematographer/Editor
Trina Rodriguez – Producer
Read more about the filmmakers here

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Supported by Simon Fraser University’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement

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