The New Chinese Documentary Film Movement is a project unveiling recent documentary film work that has transformed visual culture in China, and brought new immediacy along with a broader base of participation to Chinese media. This volume provides an introduction to the topic of Chinese documentary film, the signature mode of contemporary Chinese visual culture. These essays examine how documentary filmmakers have opened up a unique new space of social commentary and critique in an era of rapid social changes amid globalization and marketiration.<BR><BR>The essays cover topics ranging from cruelty in documentary to the representation of Beijing: gay, lesbian and queer documentary; sound in documentary; the exhibition context in China; authorial intervention and subjectivity; and the distinctive "on the spot aesthetics of contemporary Chinese documentary.<BR><BR>Chris Berry, is the professor of film and television studies in the Department of Media and Communication at Goldsmiths, University of London.<BR><BR>Lu Xinyu is professor and director of the Broadcasting and Television Department of the Journalism School at Fudan University in Shanghai.<BR><BR>Lisa Rofel is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.