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Artists supporting Xinjiang cotton
By Chu
Meng-hsiang 朱孟庠
I have always held a deep respect for the broad-mindedness and open nature of true artists, as opposed to those cold-blooded artists for hire who abandon their values for a few gold sovereigns.
The fundamental difference between these two types of artists lies in the strength of their convictions, which dictates whether they will hold fast to their beliefs when they are severely tested, or simply cast them aside as extraneous flotsam.
Chinese-American actor Ryan Jiang (姜光宇) is a Falun Gong practitioner. He received the “best actor” award at the 2019 Wales International Film Festival for his leading role in the film Origin Bound.
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It was almost entirely shot in Blaenavon, as writer and director James Davis has a family connection to the town on his mother’s side. “It’s nice to finally have it somewhere it can be seen,” said Mr Davis. “We finished it just before Summer 2019 and it went off to some film festivals in late-2019 and early 2020. “We were trying to figure out how people could see it.” The film’s main character is played by local youngster Charlie Thould. “We spent ages trying to find the right actor for it,” said Mr Davis. “We held auditions for a long time. We auditioned actors from outside of Wales, but luckily Charlie came along, who I think lives only 10 minutes away from where we were shooting.