Where Comes Mulan follows artist and filmmaker Tianyi Zheng as she returns to her ancestral village in Huangpi, Wuhan, where the legendary figure of Mulan is said to have originated. Beginning with intimate conversations with relatives and local residents, the film traces how Mulan has been remembered or forgotten in everyday life, only to collide with how local authorities have transformed her image into a powerful tourism brand. Through walks across tourist sites and abandoned ruins, Zheng questions the gap between lived memory and official narrative.
Tianyi Zheng
Director
Tianyi Zheng
Producer
Tianyi Zheng
Writer
Qiaochu Guo
Writer
Pak Hang Samson Wong
Director of Photography
Tianyi Zheng
Director of Photography
Anrou Guan
Director of Photography
Ailsa Wong
Director of Photography
Qiaochu Guo
Self
Tianyi Zheng
Self