Hu Jie Movies

  • 2004
    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    8.72004HD

    This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s...

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul
  • 2018
    1968 Movement of Educated Youths Going to the Countryside and Mountains

    1968 Movement of Educated Youths Going to the Countryside and Mountains

    1968 Movement of Educated Youths Going to the Countryside and Mountains

    02018HD

    Despite the increasing number of people entering the field of documentary filmmaking, historical subjects are less popular due to limited materials...

    1968 Movement of Educated Youths Going to the Countryside and Mountains
  • 2017
    Liaoxi Memento Mori

    Liaoxi Memento Mori

    Liaoxi Memento Mori

    02017HD

    In 1959, a group of intellectual “Rightists” from colleges and universities in Shenyang, and criminals from prisons, arrived in the...

    Liaoxi Memento Mori
  • 2016
    Cultural Revolution Posters

    Cultural Revolution Posters

    Cultural Revolution Posters

    02016HD

    This film demonstrates the characteristics of Cultural Revolution art through a large number of paintings during the Cultural Revolution, and...

    Cultural Revolution Posters
  • 2010
    Artists House

    Artists House

    Artists House

    02010HD

    Hu Jie short film.

    Artists House
  • 2021
    Blessing of Leprosy

    Blessing of Leprosy

    Blessing of Leprosy

    02021HD

    Unreleased Hu Jie film.

    Blessing of Leprosy
  • 1970
    A Love Letter to the Motherland

    A Love Letter to the Motherland

    A Love Letter to the Motherland

    01970HD

    Unreleased Hu Jie film.

    A Love Letter to the Motherland
  • 1997
    Scaffolders

    Scaffolders

    Scaffolders

    81997HD

    One of Hu Jie's 'Farmers Working in the City' films. The city is developing rapidly, with tall buildings and highways. Behind this bustling city,...

    Scaffolders
  • 2003
    Folk Song on the Plain

    Folk Song on the Plain

    Folk Song on the Plain

    02003HD

    A folk song echoed on the Shandong Plain. This is the song of Luo Xiaojia, a Yunnan Yi girl who was trafficked to the Shandong Plain at the age of...

    Folk Song on the Plain
  • 1995
    The Artists of Yuanmingyuan

    The Artists of Yuanmingyuan

    The Artists of Yuanmingyuan

    01995HD

    In the years before 1995, young artists who pursued free creativity came from all over the country to Yuanmingyuan, in the western suburbs of...

    The Artists of Yuanmingyuan
  • 1998
    Holy Light

    Holy Light

    Holy Light

    01998HD

    The melody of the hymn echoes in the old streets and alleys of the city. This is strange in a country that regards religion as a spiritual opium. The...

    Holy Light
  • 2006
    The Silent Nu River

    The Silent Nu River

    The Silent Nu River

    02006HD

    In the mountains of China's Qinghai Province, there are countless small coal mines. The miners are all rural residents who live nearby, and their...

    The Silent Nu River
  • 2002
    Baobao and Beibei

    Baobao and Beibei

    Baobao and Beibei

    02002HD

    Baobao and Beibei are twins and live in Nanjing. When they were three-and-a-half years old, their parents were laid off. To secure their the...

    Baobao and Beibei
  • 2010
    The East Wind State Farm

    The East Wind State Farm

    The East Wind State Farm

    92010HD

    In 1957, two hundred teachers, students, and cadres were labeled as "Rightists" for voicing criticism of the Communist Party and sent to the East...

    The East Wind State Farm
  • 2003
    Beside the Sea

    Beside the Sea

    Beside the Sea

    02003HD

    Because of difficulties where they live in the north east of China, a husband and wife go back to their hometown in Shandong Province and settle in...

    Beside the Sea
  • 2003
    Bask in Sunshine

    Bask in Sunshine

    Bask in Sunshine

    02003HD

    Contemporary art has become a trend for young people in China. Young artists often organize activities in the form of art groups or small groups...

    Bask in Sunshine
  • 2023
    Let There Be Light

    Let There Be Light

    Let There Be Light

    02023HD

    Short documentary by Hu Jie about his own 2014 art exhibition of the same name, curated by art critic Li Xianting.

    Let There Be Light
  • 2004
    The Democratically Elected Village Chief

    The Democratically Elected Village Chief

    The Democratically Elected Village Chief

    02004HD

    With the opening up of the economy, grassroots democracy has come. But since the land is owned by the state, the local government actually has...

    The Democratically Elected Village Chief
  • 2011
    Looking Back on the West March

    Looking Back on the West March

    Looking Back on the West March

    02011HD

    This film tells the story of a war in Tibet in 1912 through information and descendants of the Western Expeditionary Army.

    Looking Back on the West March
  • 2012
    The Anecdotes of Gelagu

    The Anecdotes of Gelagu

    The Anecdotes of Gelagu

    02012HD

    This documentary records the journey of Zhang Xianchi from a communist Chinese soldier to a prisoner and a writer of independent mind, in some ways...

    The Anecdotes of Gelagu