Hu Jie Movies

  • 2004
    Electing a Village Chief

    Electing a Village Chief

    Electing a 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...

    Electing a Village Chief
  • 2008
    You and Me

    You and Me

    You and Me

    02008HD

    This is a poem that asks about human nature, the world, friendship, love and faith.

    You and Me
  • 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
  • 1997
    Theater Troupe

    Theater Troupe

    Theater Troupe

    01997HD

    Folk theater is a representation of local culture in China — a reflection of its characteristics. Hu Jie filmed a mobile theater troupe's...

    Theater Troupe
  • 2005
    Survival or Destruction

    Survival or Destruction

    Survival or Destruction

    02005HD

    This film highlights the collapse of Nanyang Education Group, the flagship of private education in China. Other private school principals, teachers...

    Survival or Destruction
  • 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
  • 1997
    Demolition Workers

    Demolition Workers

    Demolition Workers

    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,...

    Demolition Workers
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2024
    Martyr

    Martyr

    Martyr

    02024HD

    Unreleased Hu Jie film.

    Martyr
  • 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
  • 2024
    Historian Gao Hua

    Historian Gao Hua

    Historian Gao Hua

    02024HD

    Unreleased Hu Jie film.

    Historian Gao Hua
  • 2003
    Remote Mountain

    Remote Mountain

    Remote Mountain

    02003HD

    This is a documentary about coal miners. In the Qilian mountains of Qinghai Province, where the altitude is over 3,600 meters and the air thin, there...

    Remote Mountain
  • 1998
    Garbage Men

    Garbage Men

    Garbage Men

    01998HD

    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,...

    Garbage Men
  • 2006
    The Epic Of The Central Plains

    The Epic Of The Central Plains

    The Epic Of The Central Plains

    72006HD

    In the late 1980s and early 1990s, in an attempt to stop the spread of AIDS, the Chinese government sought a “purer” blood supply from...

    The Epic Of The Central Plains
  • 2009
    The East Wind State Farm

    The East Wind State Farm

    The East Wind State Farm

    02009HD

    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
  • 2004
    The Days of Huang Jing’s Mother

    The Days of Huang Jing’s Mother

    The Days of Huang Jing’s Mother

    02004HD

    Hu Jie and Ai Xiaoming co-directed short film.

    The Days of Huang Jing’s Mother
  • 2010
    Artists House

    Artists House

    Artists House

    02010HD

    Hu Jie short film.

    Artists House
  • 2007
    Garden in Heaven

    Garden in Heaven

    Garden in Heaven

    102007HD

    By following the case of Huang Jing, a woman teacher who died of date rape, this documentary captures changes in China between 2003 and 2005, before...

    Garden in Heaven