The Dying Rooms (1995)
- Directed by
- Kate Blewett, Brian Woods
- Genre
- documentary film, documentary television film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 39 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary exposes the conditions inside Chinese state orphanages in the mid-1990s. Filmmakers show neglect and abuse of children in these institutions.
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What happens
The Dying Rooms is a 1995 television documentary film about Chinese state orphanages. It was directed by Kate Blewett and Brian Woods and produced by Lauderdale Productions. It first aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and then, re-aired on Cinemax. A follow-up film, Return to the Dying Rooms, was released in 1996. That same year, the film won a Peabody Award. It also won a News & Documentary Emmy Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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