Up the Yangtze
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- Synopsis
- Director Yung Chang uses the construction of China's massive Three Gorges Dam as a springboard to better understanding the social hierarchies and changing times in his homeland in this documentary focusing on the luxury cruise ship that carries ......
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- Starring
- Chen Bo Yu, Yu Shui
- Director(s)
- Yung Chang
- Distributor(s)
- Zeitgeist
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 93 min.
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Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
In his masterful and haunting documentary Up the Yangtze, Yung Chang shows the old China drowning helplessly under the weight of the new.Read the full review
Variety | John AndersonAdd Critic to Favorites
A gloriously cinematic documentay of epic, poetic sadness.Read the full review
The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites
An astonishing documentary of culture clash and the erasure of history amid China’s economic miracle.Read the full review