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China: Frame by Frame, 2023

 Series
Identifier: 2A3BF1MCUP59W

Scope and Contents

This record describes a digital computer folder or file preserved in the USC Digital Repository.

Dates

  • Creation: 2023

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The majority of the digital files in this collection are publicly accessible via the USC Digital Library. Each folder- and file-level record in this finding aid includes a link to the corresponding USC Digital Library asset. However, the files relating to the China Now (1997) documentary series are available for individual research purposes only and cannot be published via the USC Digital Library. Please contact the East Asian Library at eal@usc.edu to request access to the China Now files. Access to the external hard drive, on which the files were delivered to USC, is also restricted.

Extent

449.7 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Chinese

From the Collection: Japanese

General

1 x 60', U.S. Public TV, additional TBD. When American filmmaker Bill Einreinhofer arrived in China 30 years ago, he had no idea it was the first of what would be many visits. Or that over three decades, this Emmy Award winning producer/director would create dozens of films and stories in and about China. In the process, he would track down and rediscover rare and important Chinese film footage. Today he has one of the largest privately held collections of 20th Century Chinese non-fiction film in North America. In China: Frame by Frame, Bill Einreinhofer shares with viewers his personal story of discovering China, and its history, through long forgotten film footage. It is a detective story, in which he searches for priceless films gathering dust in musty old film vaults, or their digital equivalents, in an era where online historic images can be found everywhere and nowhere. At the same time, he tells how over a period of 30+ years he saw China change before his eyes. In doing so, he introduces individuals who experienced firsthand an era typified by the Chinese term "reform and opening."

  1. full program
  2. unedited field footage shot in China and the United States
  3. public domain footage

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries East Asian Library Repository

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