Smog Journeys

Jia Zhangkes short film for Greenpeace East Asia depicts the effects of air pollution in northeast China a region frequently blanketed in dangerous levels of air pollution Smog Journeys traces two families from two different backgrounds one a mining family in Hebei province and the other a trendy middle class family in Beijing Both face a similar fate Air pollution is one of Chinas most pressing environmental and health issues Greenpeace calls for a shift from coal to clean renewable energy as well as short term measures that better safeguard peoples health