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San xia shui li shu niu (China)
Dams -- China.
Digues -- Chine.
Yangtze River Valley (China) -- Description and travel.
Yangtze River Valley (China) -- Social conditions.
Yangtze River Valley (China) -- Economic conditions.
Yangtze River (China) -- Description and travel.
Fleuve d'Yangtze (Chine) -- Description et voyage.
Yangtze River Gorges (China)
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San xia shui li shu niu (China)
Dams -- China.
Digues -- Chine.
Yangtze River Valley (China) -- Description and travel.
Yangtze River Valley (China) -- Social conditions.
Yangtze River Valley (China) -- Economic conditions.
Yangtze River (China) -- Description and travel.
Fleuve d'Yangtze (Chine) -- Description et voyage.
Yangtze River Gorges (China)
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Up the Yangtze [videorecording (DVD)].
distributed exclusively in Canada by Mongrel Media and the National Film Board, c2008.
Call #:
DVD 951.06 U65
Subjects
San xia shui li shu niu (
China
)
Dams --
China
.
Digues -- Chine.
Yangtze River Valley (
China
) -- Description and travel.
Yangtze River Valley (
China
) -- Social conditions.
Yangtze River Valley (
China
) -- Economic conditions.
Yangtze River (
China
) -- Description and travel.
Fleuve d'Yangtze (Chine) -- Description et voyage.
Yangtze River Gorges (
China
)
Alternate title:
Sur le Yangzi [videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)].
Description:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally released as documentary feaure in 2007.
Special features (Mongrel Media ed.): Deleted scenes ; time-lapse flood footage of the Yangtze River ; 2006 Research Demo, exploring the city of Zhaojia ; theatrical trailers.
Enhanced for widescreen 16:9 presentation.
Some copies are packaged for English viewers, some for French viewers.
"World Cinema Documentary Competition Sundance Film Festival 2008"--Container.
NFB copy has public performance rights - Mongrel Media copies are Home use only. See holdings.
Mongrel Media edition is in English/Mandarin with optional English (SDH), French or Mandarin subtitles ; NFB edition features English, Mandarin and Sichuan language tracks with optional English subtitles ; French packaging copies feature English, Mandarin and Sichuan language tracks with optional French subtitles.
Production:
Eyesteelfilm presents in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada ; POV ; CBC Newsworld ; produced by Mila Aung-Thwin, Germaine Ying Gee Wong, John Christou ; written and directed by Yung Chang.
Performers:
Narrated by Yung Chang ; featuring Cindy Yu Shui and Jerry Chen Bo Yu.
Summary:
"A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze — navigating the mythic waterway known in
China
simply as “The River.” The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river’s edge — a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam — contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle — provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside the 21st century Chinese dream. Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang crafts a compassionate account of peasant life and a powerful documentary narrative of contemporary
China
."--Container (NFB)
Awards:
Joris Ivens Award, IDFA.
Best Canadian Documentary Award: Vancouver International Film Festival.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Chang, Yung.
Eyesteelfilm (Firm)
Mongrel Media.
National Film Board of Canada.
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Central Library
Adult French Nonfeature DVDs
DVD FR 951.06 S961
PPR included
Adult Dvds-7 Days
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