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Words Fly Back to the Black Earth

2025 19 min Cantonese
Family Documentary History

A calling inhabits the blank pages, unfolding a secret writing of hers. The unseen written traces seep from the murmuring land, pushing through fragmented voices to become new forms, beings made material. Framed as a dialogue with my grandmother, this film explores an alternative form of personal writing by Chinese women in political shifts, absent and abundant. The 'blank' becomes an image, carrying a search for agency; of land transformed and of women unheard. By breaking down linguistic structures, the film opens a space for imagining, reading, and performing, allowing for emergence.

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Xiao Zhang Director

United States release November 6, 2025 · Produced in United States, China · Original title 词藻飞回大地深处

Production

United States · China

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Original title

词藻飞回大地深处

Original language

Cantonese

Spoken on screen

Cantonese

Release dates

United States · November 6, 2025

Premiere

China

July 19, 2026 · Premiere · FIRST International Film Festival

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