On November 8, the IndieChina Film Festival was scheduled to begin in New York. IndieChina was organized by the veteran Chinese indie figure Zhu Rikun. Mainstream Chinese cinema has exploded, but Zhu wanted to showcase the country’s independent film industry to audiences abroad as well. On November 6, the film festival was effectively over, two days before it was supposed to begin. Leading up to the festival, Zhu began getting messages from participants saying they’d regretfully have to cancel