Reviews & Quotes | Light of the Setting Sun

The Moveable Fest | Stephen Saito
“Although LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN tells the story of just one family, it takes on far greater proportion when it exposes the reverberations of exile… ultimately powerful enough to likely break a cycle.”

Film Threat | Kent Hill
“Intimate, haunting and deeply human… This is documentary filmmaking at its most personal and most necessary.”    

Filmmaker Magazine | Lauren Wissot
“…the inherited trauma forever looming like an unacknowledged shadow. That is until Du uses her camera to coax it into the light.”

KIOS at the Movies, NPR | Joshua LaBure
“The film is patient, intimate, and filled with pain and curiosity.” 

Screen Anarchy | Peter Martin
“Rather than outrage and anger, LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN focuses on healing and understanding. It's meditative and poetic.  …Wonderfully absorbing.”

Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Betsy Pickle
“The camera doesn’t judge, but there is beauty, ugliness and plainness in each setting.”