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By Polly C (6) on 20 Aug 2008

Excellent documentary that personalizes the creation of the Three Gorges Dam by examining the lives of workers who serve on a cruise ship that…

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By Phillip S (296) on 17 Aug 2008

Manufacturing landscapes and the erasure of personal (and Grand?) narratives. Sad…

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By Linda E (31) on 16 Aug 2008

A very interesting film. Makes me want to go to China…

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By John S (2,711) on 15 Aug 2008

Disjointed look at what the Three Gorges Dam has done to a local family. Better stuff on the Discovery and History channels…

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By Roger B (127) on 14 Aug 2008

Very moving documentary. the film has many stunning visual metaphors well-suited to the staggering changes going on in china presently…

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By Rosa M (190) on 09 Aug 2008

I have only seen a handful of documentaries, this was a very well done film…

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By Zoe G (55) on 06 Aug 2008

I walked out of this movie feeling overwhelmingly GRATEFUL. This documentary said a whole lot whilst saying very little…

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By Thibault J (13) on 06 Aug 2008

I walked out of this movie feeling overwhelmingly GRATEFUL. This documentary said a whole lot whilst saying very little…

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By Kerry B (49) on 03 Aug 2008

The tragedies and absurd ironies that occur in this film are startling and deep in their resonance…

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By Laura S (609) on 02 Aug 2008

A really good film, personal stories. really showing the division of modern china. as some get ahead and others don't…

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By Jose G (306) on 31 Jul 2008

This is a very good documentary and it will remain as a testimony of the price traditional China is paying for the fantastic growth of the…

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By Carolyn M (96) on 29 Jul 2008

This is a beautiful film! Though it is truly a documentary, it is a visual documentary mostly, the viewer is left to make own conclusions…

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By Kody H (14) on 29 Jul 2008

I really appreciated that this film was a straightforward narrative, with little narration (if that makes any sense). Not perfect, but good…

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By Corey C (511) on 25 Jul 2008

Director Yung Chang masterfully captures the deeply intimate details of individual lives uprooted by the behemoth baby of the Chinese government…

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By Andrea B (333) on 23 Jul 2008

Important and moving portrait of how China is putting its economy b4 its people…

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By Josh K (585) on 18 Jul 2008

Solid documentation of an impoverished rural family's wrenching transition to modern capitalism, as the Chinese state dams the Yangtze river…

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By Maeve D (24) on 15 Jul 2008

A poignant and visually beautiful movie in the ilk of Terry Tempest Williams' Refuge…

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By Philip L (300) on 13 Jul 2008

The images are almost a little too pristine, giving a certain contrivance to a very compelling story…

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By Rubén L (71) on 12 Jul 2008

As a complete stranger to this situation, I feel foolish making comments about the film being objective or not…

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By Rebecca M (367) on 06 Jul 2008

A brilliant documentary on the transformation of the Three Gorges Dam into a hydroelectric dam and the effect it has had on the local population…

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