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When the bough breaks / director, Ji Dan.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor girls--Education--China.
- Poor girls.
- Poor children--Education--China.
- Poor children.
- Poor families--Education--China.
- Poor families.
- Women--Education--China.
- Women.
- Discrimination in education--China.
- Discrimination in education.
- Migrant labor--China.
- Migrant labor.
- Rural-urban migration--China.
- Rural-urban migration.
- Women--Education.
- Education.
- Poor children--Education.
- China.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (147 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Chinese title: Wei chao
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by dGenerate Films], [2015]
- Language Note:
- In Mandarin 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:
- On the outskirts of Beijing, two teenage girls from a migrant family struggle to earn the money to pay for their brother's schooling with little help from their troubled and eccentric parents. When the bough breaks at once explores the particular dynamics of one family and exposes the widespread difficulties faced by migrants living at the margins of Chinese society.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Ji Dan ; editing, Sha Qing, Ji Dan.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Previously released in 2013.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed March 2, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- df-wbb Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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