Experiencing Interruptions?

living waters

Two friends taking a walk by a body of water that is also a site for unseen rituals. Made in memory of Refaat Alareer.

  • Xiaolu Wang
    Director
  • Xiaolu Wang
    Writer
  • Xiaolu Wang
    Producer
  • Blair Barnes
    Assistant Director
  • Seunghee Chang
    Cinematographer
  • Luyao Tian
    Field Recordist
  • Xiaolu Wang
    Sound Mixer
  • Xiaolu Wang
    Editor
  • Xiaolu Wang
    Friend 1
  • Haotian Wang
    Friend 2
  • Elliot Schiff
    Kite Runner
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 11, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Northwestern University
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Xiaolu Wang

Xiaolu Wang (b. 1991, Yinchuan) documents, curates, translates, maps interiority, mixes video, poetry, memory, and translations through a decolonial lens. They seek, feel, get lost, and fly kites. Suspended in between places and metaphorical landscapes, they search for a way of being that embodies vagueness and precision simultaneously.

Add Director Biography
Director Statement

Based on a conversation with a Chinese pastor. He owns a tea house in the west side of Chicago. He poured us tea while we talked about faith, alien intelligence, soul and the story of living water John 4:14.

This is made for narrative techniques course through northwestern doc media mfa.

In memory of Refaat Alareer.