Both these documentaries examine urban life in China. Series organizer Weihong Bao introduces the screening.

Second film start time: 8:30 PM. In Nostalgia, filmmaker Haolun Shu returns to his hometown of Shanghai, where he witnesses the threat to its traditional neighborhoods by the unstoppable forces of urban reconstruction and cosmopolitan progress. (video, 70 mins.)

The Man is an intimate look at three urban artists who share living quarters, examining with wry humor their aspirations and disillusions. (video, 95 mins.)