Up the Yangtze (2007)

Original title

沿江而上

Directed by

Yung Chang

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows people living along the Yangtze River as the Three Gorges Dam changes their hometowns. It shows families adapting from farming to new ways of life.

observationalcontemplativegroundedpoignantslow-pacedintimatereflectivethoughtful

What happens

Up the Yangtze is a 2007 documentary film directed by Chinese-Canadian director Yung Chang. The film focuses on people affected by the building of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze river in Hubei, China. The theme of the film is the transition towards consumer capitalism from a farming, peasant-based economy as China develops its rural areas. The film is a co-production between the National Film Board of Canada and Montreal's EyeSteelFilm with the participation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Geographic Channel, P.O.V., SODEC, and Telefilm. The film is being distributed in the USA by Zeitgeist Films. The United Kingdom distributor is Dogwoof Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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