There’s a patient, plainspoken poetry, neither overly earthy nor flowery, to “Living the Land,” a rolling rural drama that may be a work of pure fiction — but often feels wholly, organically observed, ...
In the middle of Sickels Plaza at San Diego State University, surrounded by shady tipu trees and fragrant sage, a new sculpture honors Kumeyaay history and culture in San Diego County. The piece, ...
A farming family in rural China gets a rich, warm portrait in Huo Meng’s picturesque second feature Living the Land, set in the early 1990s in a country on the cusp of vast change. Rather than a ...
Writer-director Huo Meng’s Berlin competition entry follows an extended family of farmers scraping by as their country gradually evolves into an industrial powerhouse. By Jordan Mintzer Like a vast ...
Chinese director Huo Meng‘s “Living the Land,” a deeply personal exploration of China’s rapidly evolving rural landscape in the early 1990s, is world premiering in competition at the Berlin Film ...
A poetic nature documentary that promotes healing and inspires conservation. This poetic film celebrates the beauty and healing power of nature. By following the season cycles, it invites presentness ...
Like a vast 19th-century landscape painting of farmers toiling under the sun, with hundreds of details evoking a world of strife, sorrow and occasional jubilation, director Huo Meng’s Living the Land ...