2026-09-23
26 分钟Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
Big stories told in the palm of your hand.
For decades, artists and audiences have connected more or less through TV and cinema,
but now a new generation of storytellers is taking that collaboration in a new direction
on the small screen through a format known as Chinese micro-dramas or short dramas.
This new format has quickly found success in the United States,
while more American actors are also coming to China to join local productions.
Chinese and american filmmakers to tap into each other's expertise
and markets so what is driving this new way of exchange how are chinese
and american creators influencing each other is this a short-term fad or the beginning of something bigger
Welcome to a special edition of The Point with me, Liu Xin, coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined on the set by Zhao Yupei,
Vice Dean of the College of Media and International Culture at Zhejiang University,
and Scotty Bobcox, an American actor who has appeared in more than 100 film and television productions here in China.
I'm also pleased to be joined online from Brazil by Richard Pena, Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival,
and Media Studies at Columbia University the warmest welcome to all of you you pay really help us understand
exactly what is it and why is it called to Chinese micro drama First,
I would say, like, the Chinese arrangement format that's brought it successful.
That's why it's called Chinese Microdramas.