Flow

ThisexperimentaldocumentaryusesthelifestoriesofaChinesewomanartisttoexplorealternativestodominantversionsofhistory.GrowingupinChinaduringtheCulturalRevolution,shefirstcametotheU.S.tostudy,andthen,afterthegovernmentcrackdown,tolive.FLOW'snarrativesoftheCulturalRevolutionareconstructedfromherextremelypersonalandoftensatiricalpointsofview.Thefragmentsofhermemoryareusedtounderminethemasternarrativeofhistory.YauChingwrites,"Anexilednativespeaksalanguagenotfullycomprehensibletoher'fellow-natives'anymore.Apartofherisnotabletogobackanymore.Givenitspoliticallysubversivecontent,theveryfactthatthistapecanonlybemadehere,whenthenativeisnotathome,highlightsthelimitationsof'home.'HermemoryhauntsherandblocksherfrombeingassimilatedbythedominantAmericansociety.Shelivesinthis'between-worlddilemma,'deprivedoftheprivilegesofbeingfullyidentifiedeitherasanativeorasawesterner."　　InMandarin,CantoneseandEnglishwithEnglishsubtitles.　　Producer/Director/Editor:YauChing.Camera:YauChing,EllenPau.'ButterflyinCalifornia'Camera:RobertHarris.On-lineEditors:KarenHeyson,EricKinke,JohnGrod.SoundMix:KarenHeyson.CreativeConsultants:YvonneRainer,MaryKelly,DeirdreBoyle.On-lineFacilities:CenterforNewTelevision,Chicago,Film&Videoarts,NY,ElectricFilmNY.Off-lineFacility:GirlsmakeVideos,inc.　　Ordering&Fees