The Chinese Mayor (2015)
- Original title
- 大同
- Directed by
- Zhou Hao
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 26 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 follows the mayor of Datong, China as he tries to remake his polluted city into a cultural hub. He displaces hundreds of thousands of residents to rebuild ancient city walls, and the film shows the tensions between his vision and the lives he uproots.
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What happens
The Chinese Mayor (Chinese: 中国市长), original title Datong (大同), is a 2015 documentary that follows Datong mayor Geng Yanbo's efforts to transform one of China's most polluted cities into a cultural destination, in large part by displacing 500,000 residents (about 200,000 homes demolished) to reconstruct the 14th century Ming Dynasty walls of the Old City. The documentary addresses issues including urbanization processes, hukou, and local government debt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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