James T. Hong

James T. Hong (Chinese: 洪子健; pinyin: Hóng Zǐjiàn) is an Asian American, Taiwanese filmmaker and artist whose works tend to focus on philosophical topics and figures, controversial race and class issues, and historical conflicts in Asia.^[1]

Works

His films and videos include Behold the Asian: How One Becomes What One Is, Condor: A Film from California, The Form of the Good, Taipei 101: A Travelogue of Symptoms, The Spear of Destiny, Suprematist Kapital, and The Denazification of MH about Martin Heidegger, which is analyzed in the journal Film-Philosophy.^[2]

Hong produced the award-winning documentary 731: Two Versions of Hell about Japan's Unit 731 in 2007,^[3] which was followed by Lessons of the Blood in 2010.^[4]

His 2012 film The Turner Film Diaries is based on the infamous, racist American novel, The Turner Diaries.^[5]

He has written for e-flux journal^[6] and has been featured in various contemporary art biennials.^[7]

In 2016 he released the documentary Terra Nullius or: How to Be a Nationalist, which focuses on disputed territory in the East China Sea.^[8]

References

External links

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[1] ttp://taiwandocs.tfi.org.tw/en/film_detail/11726

[2] ttp://www.film-philosophy.com/index.php/f-p/article/view/57

[3] ttp://filmakers.com/index.php?a=filmDetail&filmID=1578

[4] ttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1611896/

[5] ttp://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=F68147DA-57E4-4768-B59B-4A6D710174EB

[6] ttp://www.e-flux.com/journal/42/60261/from-guilt-to-sickness-part-i-looking-for-plague-in-all-the-right-places/

[7] ttp://artforum.com/words/id=63513

[8] ttps://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2016/02_programm_2016/02_Filmdatenblatt_2016_201603082.php#tab=filmStills

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