Up The Yangtze
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| Initial release | Toronto |
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| Directors | Yung Chang |
| Composers | Olivier Alary |
| Editors | Hannele Halm |
| Screenplay | Yung Chang |
| Cast | Yung Chang |
| Cindy Shui Yu | |
| Jerry Bo Yu Chen | |
| Campbell Ping He | |
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| ID | 1350913 |
About Up The Yangtze
This documentary examine China's rapidly changing economy by focusing on the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. For the government, the dam stands as a symbol of progress; but it displaces hundreds of families during its creation. Following local teenagers Chen Bo Yu and Yu Shi, who work on one of the Western cruise lines that sails up the Yangtze near the dam, the film details the friction in Chinese society as its citizens struggle with the realities of its new consumer capitalism. …
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