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Hao si bu ru lai huo zhe = Better to live on / bian dao Chen Weijun.
好死不如赖活着 = Better to live on 编导陈为军.
LIBRA DVD 020 190
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease).
- HIV infections.
- China.
- HIV infections--China.
- AIDS (Disease)--China.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Motion pictures, Chinese.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Better to live on
- English title on disc label: To live is better than to die
- Place of Publication:
- [Jinan] : Qi Lu dian zi yin xiang chu ban she, [2006]
- [济南] : 齐鲁电子音像出版社, c [2006]
- Language Note:
- In Mandarin with simplified Chinese and English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- Summary:
- This is a heartbreaking story from Wenlou, a small village in central China, where more than 30% of the villagers are infected with HIV because they tried to make a little extra money selling their blood in the early 90s. The director started filming in one family's back yard in order to portray the everyday life of this ordinary family.
- Credits:
- She xiang: Chen Weijun ; jian ji: Fan Lixin.
- 摄像: 陈为军 ; 剪辑: 范立欣.
- Notes:
- Special features: trailer; interview with director.
- 2003 Peabody Awards; Grierson 2004 The British Documentary Awards; One World 2004 The Rudolf Vrba Award for the best film in the Right to Know Category.
- ISBN:
- 7884088762
- 9787884088768
- OCLC:
- 743387702
- Publisher Number:
- CNE220600460
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