A Master & His Protégé:
The Films of Xie Fei and Zheng Dasheng

This four-week screening series is dedicated to the films of master Fourth Generation film director Xie Fei (谢飞) and a director who studied under him, Zheng Dasheng (郑大圣). Screenings will include Xie Fei's widely acclaimed films Black Snow and Woman Sesame Oil Maker and Zheng Dasheng's historical works about his childhood home city Tianjin, Useless Man and Falling City. Each screening will be introduced by a noted
film scholar and will feature a question & answer period at the close.