Talking to China's "Web Junkies" - The New Yorker

Talking to China's "Web Junkies" - The New Yorker Opening August 6th at Film Forum, “Web Junkie,” by the Israeli filmmakers Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia, takes us inside an Internet-addiction treatment center in Beijing, one of hundreds across China, to chronicle the ways in which technology, wealth, and autonomy are altering the ties between young people and the elders who strain to comprehend those changes. The film’s best moments have the patience of ethnography, lingering in the background of communities that are usually out of view. Alongside Shlam and Medalia, the credits for “Web Junkie” contain a list of Chinese “fixers” and other crew members, and anyone who has worked in China will know how important that was to building trust with the participants.http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/talking-chinas-web-junkies?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=deddf3e251-Sinocism07_31_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-deddf3e251-29615013&mc_cid=deddf3e251&mc_eid=5935182a65