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Bing'ai (2007)

Bing'ai poster
Original title
秉爱
Directed by
Feng Yan
Genre
documentary film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 56m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A peasant woman named Zhang Bing'ai resists being forced to move from her home during the building of the Three Gorges Dam. The film follows her daily life and her fight to stay on her land.

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What happens

Bing'ai (Chinese: 秉爱, also romanized Bingai) is a 2007 Chinese documentary film directed and produced by Feng Yan (冯艳). It is about a peasant woman, Zhang Bing'ai, who refused to relocate during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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