Basic Info
Release: March 07, 2012
Runtime: 12 min
Status: Released
Beijing Silvermine
2012
12 min
Overview
A documentary about the French collector and artist Thomas Sauvin, who since 2009 has salvaged discarded negatives from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing, negatives that were destined to destruction. His Beijing Silvermine archive, one of the largest archival projects in China, now encompasses over 850,000 anonymous photographs spanning the period from 1985 to 2005.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
No production country data available.Spoken Languages
- French fr
