Maineland
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Filmed over three years in China and the U.S., MAINELAND is a multi-layered coming-of-age tale that follows two affluent and cosmopolitan teenagers as they settle into a boarding school in blue-collar rural Maine. Part of the enormous wave of "parachute students" from China enrolling in U.S. private schools, bubbly, fun-loving Stella and introspective Harry come seeking a Western-style education, escape from the dreaded Chinese college entrance exam, and the promise of a Hollywood-style U.S. high school experience. As Stella and Harry’s fuzzy visions of the American dream slowly gain more clarity, they ruminate on their experiences of alienation, culture clash, and personal identity, sharing new understandings and poignant discourses on home and country.
Miao Wang founded Three Waters Films in 2005, where, in addition to producing critically acclaimed and award-winning non-fiction films, she also creates commissioned work and branded content that have garnered top advertising awards. Her documentaries MAINELAND (SXSW Jury Winner and NYTimes Critic's Pick) and BEIJING TAXI (NYMagazine Critic's Pick), and YELLOW OX MOUNTAIN have screened at hundreds of festivals and institutions, with US theatrical releases, nationwide broadcasts, and digitally released globally on multiple platforms. Her clients include Ogilvy, DuPont, Philips, Microsoft Design, Time Inc., Guggenheim Museum, the Criterion Collection, and Vice Media. Miao is a fellow of the Sundance Institute, the Jerome Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, the TFI, TAA, IFP Filmmaker's Lab, IFW, and WMM. She is a member of the AMPAS. Miao holds a BA in economics from the University of Chicago, and an MFA in design and film from Parsons School of Design.
CREDITS
Violet Feng
Damon Smith
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