dGenerate Films is a non-theatrical

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of award-winning

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s from

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. Their aim is to bring more images of contemporary life in

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to U.S. audiences. The company was launched in 2008 by American independent film veterans, including producer Karin Chien.dGenerate Films. "About" http://dgeneratefilms.com/about/ dGenerate Films has the international rights to nearly forty independent Chinese films, and they distribute them abroad mostly to educational institutions and festivals, though they also are available to a general audience. Many of them are smuggled illegally out of China, where the uncensored films are considered to be counter-government.

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