Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (6 pages, folded-out) |
System Details |
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen ; stereo. |
Performer |
Changhua Zhang, Qin Zhang, Suqin Chen, Yang Zhang, Tingsui Tang. |
Credits |
Editors, Lixin Fan, Mary Stephen ; director of photography, Lixin Fan ; music, Olivier Alary ; story editor, Daniel Cross. |
Note |
Originally produced in 2009. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Working over several years in classic verite, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for almost two decades. |
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Guide includes Q&A with director Lixin Fan. |
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Extras: Deleted scenes, from Guangzhou Train Station (ca. 11 min.) -- Travelogue: Guang'an to Shenzhen City (ca. 5 min.) -- U.S. theatrical trailer. |
Awards |
Winner, Best Documentary 2010, Los Angeles Film Critics ; Winner, Best Feature-length Documentary, 2009 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival ; Winner, Best Feature, 2010 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. |
Language |
Mandarin and Sichuan dialect dialogue ; optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
Subject |
Migrant labor -- China.
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Migration, Internal -- China.
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Rural-urban migration -- China.
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Families -- China.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Added Author |
Fan, Lixin. Director.
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Aung-Thwin, Mila. Producer.
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Cross, Daniel. Producer.
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Zhang, Changhua. Interviewee.
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Zhang, Qin. Interviewee.
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Chen, Suqin. Interviewee.
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Zhang, Yang.
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Tang, Tingsui.
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Alary, Olivier, 1975-
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EyeSteelFilm (Firm)
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Telefilm Canada.
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Rogers Group of Funds.
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Independent Television Service.
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Channel Four (Great Britain)
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TV5Monde (Television network)
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SuperChannel (Television network)
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Zeitgeist Films.
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Added Title |
Gui tu lie che |
Standard No. |
795975113335 |
Music No. |
Z1133 Zeitgeist Films |
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