2007   China, Canada Up the Yangtze
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Director:Yung Chang
Studio:Eye Steel Film
Writer:Yung Chang
IMDb Rating:7.4 (1,064 votes)
Awards:10 wins & 3 nominations
Genre:Documentary
Duration:93 min
Languages:English, Mandarin
IMDb:1114277
Amazon:B001CCY42U
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Yung Chang  ...  (Director)
Yung Chang  ...  (Writer)
 
Jerry Bo Yu Chen  ...  Himself
Campbell Ping He  ...  Himself
Cindy Shui Yu  ...  Herself
Shi Qing Wang  ...  Cinematographer
Comments: Parts of this film are really bad, like filming a bunch of tourists on a small boat singing "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean", the whole damn song, but the subject matter trumps every bad directorial choice and this film will touch your heart. It's a sad story, and does, to be fair, have more good directorial choices than bad ones. The family is presented with grace and has a surprisingly universal appeal that reaches far beyond its own culture.

Summary: A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze - navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge - a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle - provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside modern China.


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