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Yan mo. II, Gongtan = Before the flood. II, Gongtan village / Foggy City Studio ; director, Yan Yu.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- San Xia shui li shu niu (China).
- Forced migration--China--Yangtze River.
- Forced migration.
- Dams--Social aspects--China--Yangtze River Gorges.
- Dams.
- Floods--Social aspects--China--Yangtze River.
- Floods.
- Floods--Social aspects.
- Dams--Social aspects.
- Gongtan Zhen (China)--Social conditions.
- Gongtan Zhen (China).
- Yangtze River (China)--Social life and customs.
- Yangtze River (China).
- Yangtze River (China)--History.
- Yangtze River Gorges (China)--Social conditions.
- Yangtze River Gorges (China).
- China--Yangtze River.
- China--Yangtze River Gorges.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (62 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Before the flood. II, Gongtan village
- Gongtan village
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] dGenerate Films, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In Mandarin and Sichuan dialect, with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Yan Yu follows his groundbreaking documentary Before the Flood with this profile of the residents of Gongtan, a 1700-year-old village soon to be demolished by a hydroelectric dam project. Gongtan, a historic village located on a tributary of the Yangtze, is about to be flooded by a dam project, forcing its residents to relocate. National imperatives displace local lives as authorities make decisions with little regard for village life. Ran Qingsong, a barber, and Ran Si, a cell-phone proprietor, rally the residents of Gongtan to stand against their impending displacement. But the will of the townspeople to save their land and homes soon wavers in the face of external pressure and internal suspicion.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Yan Yu ; editing, Yi Pinyu.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Foggy City Studio, ©2008; previously released in 2012.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 10, 2018).
- Publisher Number:
- df-bef2 Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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