Tag: Film Review
Thoughts on a Current Chinese Film
"In human history there have been countless times that have proved that people who try to obstruct this good news are only like praying mantises trying to stop chariots. People who enthusiastically try to replace the good news with something else not only lose their opportunity to get on the ship, even their enthusiasm will soon be swallowed up into a great nothingness."
Plastic China
A Film Review
A glimpse of how two families live their lives recycling plastic waste in China.
The China Hustle
A Film Review
A documentary about financial fraud, but one that requires discernment.
Wangdrak’s Rain Boots
A Film Review
For a glimpse of Tibet, for a good story about childhood struggles and a precious friendship, or just for the opportunity to see how something as simple as rain can turn a town upside down, this is a worthy watch.
Lost and Love
A Film Review
Hope in the face of devastating loss. A film about child trafficking in China.
Dwarves Kingdom
A Film Review
A documentary exploring the lives of some of China's "little people" living and working at a theme park in Yunnan.
Knife in the Clear Water
A Film Review
Another favorite film from the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Resource Corner
Affluenza: A Documentary on Urban Consumerism
A look at the affects of affluence on American society with a view to better understanding what is happening in China today.
Beijing Taxi
A Film Review
The film Beijing Taxi, directed by Miao Wang, a Beijing native who immigrated to the US in 1990, begins two years before the Olympics and follows the lives of three taxi drivers. Each of them shares their own perspective on Beijing’s transformation, China’s rise, and most importantly, what it all means to them. Is China hosting the Olympics really all the glitz and glory that it was dreamed to be? What price economic growth and development?
Web Junkie
A Film Review
Daxing Bootcamp, located in the suburbs of Beijing, is probably a place you've never heard of. But growing numbers of parents in China who are at wits’ end have heard of it or of the 400 rehabilitation camps like it. The government has set up the centers to treat teenagers with internet addiction disorder. Web Junkie takes us inside Daxing Bootcamp and introduces us to three of the young men who are treated there.