Miao (Hmong) Movies from China I want to watch Options

[shayna]

I'm going to try to find the movie "Anayi" for Lilasiankid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw7fzAJnr00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQTrUp8Eg9A

There's these other movies I'm going to try to find too... Because I really want to watch them!

Bird's Nest






Description of movie:
New world records are being created in the National Stadium, but a "Bird's Nest" built on camera is also catching the eyes of audiences.

Ning Jingwu is the director and playwright of the film, "Bird's Nest." He says he shot the film to interpret the Green Olympics and to remind people to live healthy lives.

"This film is not related with physical contest directly. It stresses more on healthy life style. We want to show healthiness not only in physics but also in lifestyle."

The film takes place in a Miao Village in Guizhou Province with a beautiful natural landscape. A letter breaks the quiet lives of the children there. Jia Xiangma's father says in the letter that he is busy building the Bird's Nest in Beijing, but his friends don't believe him. The villagers even don't know what the Bird's Nest is used for. The elderly people are busy showing off, while the businessmen connect it with coffee advertising. Only Xiangma trusts his father and makes up his mind to see the Bird's Nest with his own eyes. Xiangma and his friends go cut trees to buy the train ticket, but they soon find that it is impossible to make enough money. Xiangma instead finds a way to sell the town's rice wine and earns enough money to go to Beijing. With the blessing of the villagers, Xiangma sets off to see his father and the Bird's Nest. Xiangma accidentally stumbles into the marathon and wins with his bare feet.

The director tells us that his inspiration comes from Miao culture, from a particular story in Guizhou Province.

"There was a woman of Miao nationality whose husband worked away from home. She thought her family was incomplete without her husband, so she borrowed a video camera to record her daily life. She wanted to show it to the men who worked far from home so they would come back. In her eyes, living happily and healthily is most important. I wanted to shoot a film to inspire people to think about their lifestyles."

The children in the village don't know what the Bird's Nest is, but Ning explains why the Bird's Nest was important as the setting of the film.

"The name of the National Stadium represents people's dream of returning to nature. We have done a great deal to improve the air quality and traffic conditions, but our lives are still far beyond satisfactory. People all over the world should seek healthier and purer lives."

Many films with the theme of the Beijing Games have been released in the Olympic year, but Ning's film, unlike the others, focuses on the individual.

"I think everybody should take part in the Olympic Games. It's a physical contest that raises the question of what life should be."
http://eng.wcetv.com/1/2008/08/22/126s4282.htm

http://exp.chinafilm.com/Movies/indexnr.ph...0081216172151/4


Lala's Gun

An offbeat coming-of-ager set among one of China's biggest minorities, the Miao, 'Lala's Gun' makes up in verismo detail what it lacks in narrative drama. Shot entirely in the Hmong language, pic doesn't romanticize its non-Han cast, making this of interest to specialist webs and ethnographic auds. Careful packaging, plus a 10-to-15-minute trim, could bounce this onto the fest circuit.

A labor of love by Chinese writer-director Ning Jingwu ('The Birthday'), the film centers on the Miao of Guizhou province in southern China, where custom dictates a boy will receive a gun from his father on his 15th birthday. Problem is, Gun Lala (newcomer Wang Jishuai, likable), who lives with his grandma (87-year-old Shi Mingma), has never seen his father. Armed with the knowledge that dad is a crack hunter and has a dragon-claw birthmark on his back, Lala sets off to find him. Boy's odyssey is a fascinating if leisurely one; a subplot involving a friend (Gun Dangyuan) who leaves for Guangzhou 'to see the world' provides some perspective on Lala's local journey. Ning's straightforward helming is enhanced by natural lensing of Guizhou's mountainous southeast around Basha.

Camera (color), Wu Lixiao; editor, Jia Cuiping; music, Chen Changfeng, Xu Xiangrong; art director, Shi Qiurong. Reviewed at Beijing Screenings, Sept. 24, 2008. Hmong dialogue. Running time: 103 MIN.









This post has been edited by shayna: Mar 26 2009, 07:51 PM

[lilasiankid]

Awesome! I never heard of that second one. If you find it I'll buy from you.

[KojTusMeHavnim]

<3<3 MOVIES LOOK REALLY GOOOOOOOD <3<3 I want to see them too!

This post has been edited by KojTusMeHavnim: Mar 26 2009, 11:01 PM

[shayna]

Yes Yes! I hope I can find them...

[jedi77]

There are a lot of Hmong Chinese movies that we don't know about. I like the ones that are intelligible. The ones in straight up mandarin with no subtitles is just not as good. I saw a few clips on you tube about the Miao rebellion during the construction of the southern wall. It was in green hmong chinese but still understandable. I forgot the name of it but man it looked good, I can tell it was made in the late 70's to early 80's. I should find out.

[lilasiankid]

There are a lot of Hmong Chinese movies that we don't know about. I like the ones that are intelligible. The ones in straight up mandarin with no subtitles is just not as good. I saw a few clips on you tube about the Miao rebellion during the construction of the southern wall. It was in green hmong chinese but still understandable. I forgot the name of it but man it looked good, I can tell it was made in the late 70's to early 80's. I should find out.

If you're talking about "Nruas Ntshav/Blood Drum" then that one was dubbed by Hmoob suav. I think that particular group of miao (Songtao) speak an unintelligible dialect as well.

Those Hmong companies should find those new movies and dub them.

This post has been edited by lilasiankid: Mar 27 2009, 11:43 AM

[gejia]

[gejia]

This post has been edited by gejia: Mar 27 2009, 12:12 PM

[gejia]

[mandead]

I'm going to try to find the movie "Anayi" for Lilasiankid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw7fzAJnr00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQTrUp8Eg9A

There's these other movies I'm going to try to find too... Because I really want to watch them!

Bird's Nest






Description of movie:
New world records are being created in the National Stadium, but a "Bird's Nest" built on camera is also catching the eyes of audiences.

Ning Jingwu is the director and playwright of the film, "Bird's Nest." He says he shot the film to interpret the Green Olympics and to remind people to live healthy lives.

"This film is not related with physical contest directly. It stresses more on healthy life style. We want to show healthiness not only in physics but also in lifestyle."

The film takes place in a Miao Village in Guizhou Province with a beautiful natural landscape. A letter breaks the quiet lives of the children there. Jia Xiangma's father says in the letter that he is busy building the Bird's Nest in Beijing, but his friends don't believe him. The villagers even don't know what the Bird's Nest is used for. The elderly people are busy showing off, while the businessmen connect it with coffee advertising. Only Xiangma trusts his father and makes up his mind to see the Bird's Nest with his own eyes. Xiangma and his friends go cut trees to buy the train ticket, but they soon find that it is impossible to make enough money. Xiangma instead finds a way to sell the town's rice wine and earns enough money to go to Beijing. With the blessing of the villagers, Xiangma sets off to see his father and the Bird's Nest. Xiangma accidentally stumbles into the marathon and wins with his bare feet.

The director tells us that his inspiration comes from Miao culture, from a particular story in Guizhou Province.

"There was a woman of Miao nationality whose husband worked away from home. She thought her family was incomplete without her husband, so she borrowed a video camera to record her daily life. She wanted to show it to the men who worked far from home so they would come back. In her eyes, living happily and healthily is most important. I wanted to shoot a film to inspire people to think about their lifestyles."

The children in the village don't know what the Bird's Nest is, but Ning explains why the Bird's Nest was important as the setting of the film.

"The name of the National Stadium represents people's dream of returning to nature. We have done a great deal to improve the air quality and traffic conditions, but our lives are still far beyond satisfactory. People all over the world should seek healthier and purer lives."

Many films with the theme of the Beijing Games have been released in the Olympic year, but Ning's film, unlike the others, focuses on the individual.

"I think everybody should take part in the Olympic Games. It's a physical contest that raises the question of what life should be."
http://eng.wcetv.com/1/2008/08/22/126s4282.htm

http://exp.chinafilm.com/Movies/indexnr.ph...0081216172151/4


Lala's Gun

An offbeat coming-of-ager set among one of China's biggest minorities, the Miao, 'Lala's Gun' makes up in verismo detail what it lacks in narrative drama. Shot entirely in the Hmong language, pic doesn't romanticize its non-Han cast, making this of interest to specialist webs and ethnographic auds. Careful packaging, plus a 10-to-15-minute trim, could bounce this onto the fest circuit.

A labor of love by Chinese writer-director Ning Jingwu ('The Birthday'), the film centers on the Miao of Guizhou province in southern China, where custom dictates a boy will receive a gun from his father on his 15th birthday. Problem is, Gun Lala (newcomer Wang Jishuai, likable), who lives with his grandma (87-year-old Shi Mingma), has never seen his father. Armed with the knowledge that dad is a crack hunter and has a dragon-claw birthmark on his back, Lala sets off to find him. Boy's odyssey is a fascinating if leisurely one; a subplot involving a friend (Gun Dangyuan) who leaves for Guangzhou 'to see the world' provides some perspective on Lala's local journey. Ning's straightforward helming is enhanced by natural lensing of Guizhou's mountainous southeast around Basha.

Camera (color), Wu Lixiao; editor, Jia Cuiping; music, Chen Changfeng, Xu Xiangrong; art director, Shi Qiurong. Reviewed at Beijing Screenings, Sept. 24, 2008. Hmong dialogue. Running time: 103 MIN.

Chuyen cua Pao

Hmong vietnam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtub9MBWqYs...re=channel_page

[rebellious_aNg]

wow all these movies sounds amazing. i'mma try to find it. thanks for sharing!

[shayna]

Oooh I was watching the trailer for Chuyen cua Pao and it looks very sad. Haven't gotten the time to watch the whole movie yet. This movie was Vietnam's official entry to the Oscar's for best Foreign film in 2007.

[lengchai]

i seen her in Jet Li's movie Fearless but i never could identify what ethnicity she was. I was thinking either Zhuang or Yi.

[lilasiankid]

i seen her in Jet Li's movie Fearless but i never could identify what ethnicity she was. I was thinking either Zhuang or Yi.

Miao...I read it in a chinese article.

[lengchai]

Miao...I read it in a chinese article.

really? i noticed the embroidery. I thought it was Yao too!

[lengchai]

Miao...I read it in a chinese article.

Out of curiosity, i did a research and found out that the tribe in Jet Li's movie "fearless" is actually not Miao, but another ethnic minority.

Naxi ethinic minority of Yunnan.


http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcont...amp;context=csw

http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-naxi.htm

[lilasiankid]

Out of curiosity, i did a research and found out that the tribe in Jet Li's movie "fearless" is actually not Miao, but another ethnic minority.

Naxi ethinic minority of Yunnan.


http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcont...amp;context=csw

http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-naxi.htm

Then I must have read from some ignorant Chinese then! Lol..Thanks for the find!

[lengchai]

Then I must have read from some ignorant Chinese then! Lol..Thanks for the find!

most definitely you did. The term "miao" comes up constantly but you gotta remember that Miao is also a Han Chinese Surname...

simply seeing that does not make it valid to assume that she is Miao

[KojTusMeHavnim]

Out of curiosity, i did a research and found out that the tribe in Jet Li's movie "fearless" is actually not Miao, but another ethnic minority.

Naxi ethinic minority of Yunnan.


http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcont...amp;context=csw

http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-naxi.htm

They never looked Miao to me.. The movie The Foliage with actress Shi Qu?? Can't remember how to spell her name.. I just know she bugs me.. anyway, I saw a Hmong lady in there!! I swear she's HMONG! She had a pleated skirt on and some other things that told me she was Hmong. You can spot her when that actress goes to the market to buy soap or something.

[lilasiankid]

most definitely you did. The term "miao" comes up constantly but you gotta remember that Miao is also a Han Chinese Surname...

simply seeing that does not make it valid to assume that she is Miao

They said she was miao. I read a discussion in a forum and also it was even in a news source lol. I dont just go looking for the characters.