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Podcast: ScreenFish
Episode: HotDocs '25: Always' Deming Chen & Hansen Lin talk about the power of poetry
Description: Directed by Deming Chen, ALWAYS follows Gong Youbin, a child born into a poor Chinese family in the countryside of Hunan who hasn't seen his mother since he was three months old. However, Gong finds a way to interpret his world through the eyes of poetry, an outlet that allows his imagination to express his feelings. In this 1on1, we speak to Chen and producer Hansen Lin about the line between childhood and adulthood and the power of poetry.