June 2, 2021 — For Asia Society at the Movies, the acclaimed director Jia Zhang-Ke sat down with Michael Berry, director of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, for a conversation that explored his films, China’s transformation through the decades, and more. In Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue, Jia interviews three prominent authors—Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong—on the dire condition of the villages they grew up in, the political effort undertaken to address them, and the changes they’ve witnessed for an indispensable account of a changing China from one of the country’s foremost cinematic storytellers. (1 hr., 11 min.)