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

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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