This document outlines the development of independent documentary filmmaking in China from 1990 onwards. It discusses the first independent documentary from 1990 called "Bumming in Beijing" and the first generation of filmmakers from 1990-2000 who worked for official TV stations. It then describes the second generation from 2000 onward who used digital cameras and came from various backgrounds. These documentaries explored social and political issues as well as aesthetics. Specific films and filmmakers are mentioned like "Along the Railway" and Qiu Jiongjiong who combines painting and filmmaking. Qiu's 2010 film "Madame" focuses on ordinary people and oral histories.

1. CHINESE
INDEPENDENT
DOCUMENTARY
FROM 1990 ONWARDS

2. THE FIRST INDEPENDENT
DOCUMENTARY
• Bumming in Beijing (1990)
by Wu Wenguang

3. THE FIRST GENERATION
(1990-2000)
• Filmmakers working for official TV station.
The Other Bank by
Jiang Yue
No. 16, Barkhor South Street
by Duan Jinchuan

4. THE SECOND GENERATION
(2000 ONWARDS)
• DV Generation: digital camera
• Filmmakers from various backgrounds
Along the Railway
by Du Haibin
West of the Tracks
by Wang Bing
Petition by Zhao Liang

5. • Social/political issues
• Aesthetic exploration
Behemoth
by Zhao Liang
Mr. Zhang Believes
By Qiu Jiongjiong
Li Wen at East Lake
By Li Luo

6. QIU JIONGJIONG
• Painter as well as filmmaker

7. • Aesthetic exploration: reenactment in Mr. Zhang Believes
• A kind of humor, which is rarely seen in Chinese
independent documentary: making films for fun.

8. MADAME (2010)
https://vimeo.com/152915807

9. • University Service Center for Chinese
Study of CUHK

10. • Interested in talkative persons; enjoy gazing and listening
to people, especially the elderly talking.
• Ordinary people (relatives) and their micro histories life
experiences;
• Oral history (no images to show the past stories)