Title Up the Yangtze / Eyesteelfilm presents ; in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada ; developed and produced in association with CBC Newsworld ; National Geographic Channel International ; P.O.V./ American Documentary, Inc. ; Radio-Canada ; ZDF ; executive producers, Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Ravida Din, Sally Bochner ; producers, Mila Aung-Thwin, Germaine Ying Gee Wong, John Christou ; directed by Yung Chang.

Publication Info.	[New York, N.Y.] : Zeitgeist Films, 2008.
	2007.

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Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD 951.2 UP	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction DVD	DVD 915.12 UP	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD 915.22 C36	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD 915.12 UP1	Check Shelf
Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department	DVD DOCUMENTARY UP	Check Shelf

Edition	Anamorphic widescreen format (16:9).
Description	1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1; NTSC; Dolby 5.1, Dolby stereo 2.0.
Performer	Narrated by Yung Chang.
Credits	Music by Olivier Alary; editor, Hannele Halm; director of photography, Wang Shi Qing ; supervising sound editor, Cory Rizos.
Note	Originally produced as a feature film in 2007.
	Container insert includes interview Q&A by director Yung Chang.
	Special features: Time-lapse flood footage of the Yangtze River (3 min.); "Research Demo" footage (9 min.); deleted scenes (25 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.).
Summary	A "farewell cruise" takes a luxury ship up the vast Yangtze River shortly before completion of the massive Three Gorges Dam. The passengers glimpse a rapidly changing countryside, while the local people struggle to adapt as their lives are irrevocably altered.
Contents	Saying goodbye -- Faux-socialism -- Shipping off -- Cindy and Jerry -- How to talk to Westerners -- All of them are happy -- Different lives -- First in my family -- The superstar -- Unrecognizable.
Audience	Not rated.
Contents	Special features include : Deleted scenes -- Time-lapse flood footage of the Yangtze River -- 2006 Research Demo, exploring the city of Zhaojia -- theatrical trailers.
Language	In English, Mandarin and Sichuan local dialects with English subtitles throughout and optional Mandarin subtitles.
	Subtitled for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	San Xia shui li shu niu (China)
	Dams -- China.
	Yangtze River Gorges (China) -- Economic conditions.
	Yangtze River Gorges (China) -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form	Documentary films.
	Feature films.
	Nonfiction films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Aung-Thwin, Mila.
	Wong, Germaine Ying Gee.
	Christou, John.
	Chang, Yung.
	EyeSteelFilm (Firm)
	National Film Board of Canada.
	National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
	CBC Newsworld.
	P.O.V. (Firm)
	American Documentary, Inc.
	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
	Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
Standard No.	795975110839
Music No.	Z1108 Zeitgeist Films

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