NON-FICTION 3
Non-Fiction Program supported by Yahoo Japan Corporation
The School of Beauty and Long Life
Noah Sheldon/12:33/China/Non-Fiction/2018
At a school in Shanghai, thousands of students enroll to become hairdressers and beauticians. With classes on facials and grooming, the curriculum offered seem standard. Students dressed in uniforms, practicing drills reveals that the school is far from a typical school of beauty. The founder of the school sits down to explain his unorthodox approach.
Doc Edge Festival 2019 (New Zealand)
Florida Film Festival 2019 (USA)
Florida Film Festival 2019 (USA)
Director : Noah Sheldon
Noah Sheldon is a filmmaker based in Shanghai. Sheldon started as an artist whose work uses multiple mediums to tell stories. In a review of his work NYT critic, Roberta Smith praised his approach. “Mr. Sheldon is skilled at separating beauty from the material world while reminding us that it is just about everywhere.”
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