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Aro Favourite Up The Yangtze

 

Canada 2007, 93 minutes
Dir. Yung Chang
In English, Mandarin with English subtitles
Genres: Documentary

 

Aroview: The large-scale transformation of the Yangtze River through the construction of the Three Gorges Dam is examined intimately through the eyes of two young, disparate Chinese hopefuls.

By observing the effects on individuals swept up in China’s ravenous hunger for change, this offers a deeply affecting and perceptive contrast to the striking, but impersonal images of economic growth in MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES. At the heart of the film, ‘Cindy’ and ‘Jerry’ – from underprivileged and middle-class backgrounds respectively – join the crew of a tour vessel ferrying affluent tourists up the Yangtze, and it’s in these two that the film moves beyond its mere documentary vocation, and into the sort of human drama rarely captured or discovered.

NZ International Film Festival 2008

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