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中国摇滚妇女 Chinese Women in Rock, Produced by Anna Sophie Loewenberg. Shot by Rachel Dupuy, edited by Anneke Coppoolse. Youtube views: 190,000. The documentary is about women in Beijing's rock scene. Atom is the drummer for Hedgehog and Li Qing is the drummer for Carsick Cars and guitarist for Snapline (http://www.bingmasi.com/). Shot by Rachel Dupuy and edited by Anneke Coppoolse."

Chinese Women in Rock

In documentary we deal with the actual, and in one sense with the real. But the really real, if I may use that phrase, is something deeper than that. The only reality which counts in the end is the interpretation which is profound

- John Grierson

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