About
BACCS Cinema is excited to screen Director Jiang Nengjie’s documentary series, featuring rural China and marginalized communities. All screenings will be followed by an in-person director Q&A session.
About the Director
Jiang Nengjie was born in rural China. He has hoped to use video to reflect and record the times. Therefore, he established MianHuaSha Film Studio in 2009, which he named after his birthplace.
Jiang is a left-behind child himself, and he understands this group very well. As a result, his representative work is a trilogy of documentaries on left-behind children. In 2016, he opened his first MianHuaSha Library on the second floor of his home, building a free reading platform for children.
In 2019, the Phoenix New Media Action Alliance selected Jiang as one of the Top Ten Public Welfare Figures. Besides left-behind children, his documentaries also focus on different groups such as war veterans, empty-nesters, and patients with pneumoconiosis.
“Documenting the world with truth, pursuing freedom through images.” — Director Jiang Nengjie
Screening Schedule
Yun Jie (矮婆)
- Date: December 2, 2025, 3:30-6:00 PM
- Location: The Huddle by Google, Mountain View
- Duration: 103 minutes
- Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/qa
- Note: This screening is for audiences 18+ only
Rainbow Cruise (彩虹邮轮)
- Date: December 5, 2025, 6:30-8:00 PM
- Location: West Valley Branch Library, San Jose
- Duration: 87 minutes
- Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/qa-2
Miners, Groom, Pneumoconiosis (矿民、马夫、尘肺病)
- Date: December 6, 2025, 3:00-5:00 PM
- Location: Palo Alto
- Duration: 81 minutes
- IMDB: imdb.com/title/tt12048430
- Tickets: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/qa-3
All events are free. Seating is limited—please register early.