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Up the Yangtze (Institutional DVD Version)
20081 h 33 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Yung Chang
Production: Daniel CrossMila Aung-ThwinRavida DinSally BochnerGermaine Ying Gee Wong (National Film Board of Canada)John ChristouSydney SuissaStephen HunterCara MertesJean PelletierHans Robert Eisenhauer
Produced by Eyesteel Film in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, in association with CBC Newsworld/SRC, National Geographic Channel International, P.O.V./ American Documentary and ZDF German Television.
A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze - navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "the river." See it while you can. The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge - a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead.
The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle - provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside the 21st century Chinese dream. Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang crafts a moving depiction of peasant life, a powerful narrative of contemporary China, and a disquieting glimpse into a future that awaits us all.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > ChinaEconomic and Industrial DevelopmentSocial Change
- Tourism > CruisesForeign countries
- Technology > Dams, Irrigation and Power Projects
- Families > Families in Foreign Countries
- Industry and Commerce > Hydroelectricity
Credits
- associate producer
- Lixin Fan
- Li Li
- production supervisor
- Michael MK Siu
- music
- Olivier Alary
- editor
- Hannele Halm
- director of photography
- Wang Shi Qing
- executive producer
- Daniel Cross
- Mila Aung-Thwin
- Ravida Din
- Sally Bochner
- Sydney Suissa
- Stephen Hunter
- Cara Mertes
- Jean Pelletier
- Hans Robert Eisenhauer
- producer
- Mila Aung-Thwin
- Germaine Ying Gee Wong
- John Christou
- director
- Yung Chang
- participant
- Cindy Yu Shui
- Yu Ting Jun
- Yang Zhi Bi
- Yu Zhang Ying
- Yu Deng Feng
- Jerry Chen Bo Yu
- Spencer Zheng Li Jie
- commissioning editor
- Catherine Olsen
- Charlotte Odele
- cinematographer
- Wang Shi Qing
- Yung Chang
- additional camera operator
- Lixin Fan
- Feng Lan
- Zhang Huajie
- sound recordist
- Lixin Fan
- translator
- Lixin Fan
- Li Li
- Jonathan Chang
- driver
- Cheng Zheng Yi
- production assistant
- Jonathan Chang
- Fu Zheng Hua
- Zhu Fa
- Fan Li Ming
- Sia Koukoulas
- Miya Kondo
- additional picture editor
- Yung Chang
- broadcast picture editor
- Omar Majeed
- editing consultant
- Daniel Cross
- online editor
- Denis Gathelier
- post-production supervisor
- Michael MK Siu
- Gary Evans
- post-production co-ordinator
- Omar Majeed
- Linda Payette
- Steve Hallé
- unit administrator
- Marie Tonto-Donati
- Nickie Merulla
- Dan Emery
- technical co-ordination
- Pierre Ferlatte
- project support supervisor
- Pierre Ferlatte
- marketing manager
- Moira Keigher
- digital editing supervisor
- Danielle Raymond
- transcription
- Sherren Lee
- Li Li
- supervising sound editor
- Cory Rizos
- sound editor
- Kyle Stanfield
- titles
- Les Productions Zéphyr
- dialogue editor
- Cory Rizos
- subtitles
- Global Vision
- sound mixer
- Serge Boivin
- Shelley Craig
- still photographer
- Yung Chang
- Michael MK Siu
- sound technician
- Sylvain Cajelais
- production accountant
- Anuj Khosla
- foley artist
- Karl De Serres
- production auditor
- Joe Iacono
- foley recordist
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- musician
- Liu Fang
- Eric Hove
- Bethany Or
- Alain Aubut
- Jean René
- Stéphane Allard
- Céline Arcand
- Johannes Malfatti
- Olivier Alary
- François Larouche
- ADR recordist
- Luc Léger
- narration recordist
- Luc Léger
- Dolby sound consultant
- Bill Allen
- project administrator
- Anuj Khosla
- project coordinator
- Halima Ouardiri
- sound engineer
- Howard Bilerman
- arrangements
- Johannes Malfatti
- orchestration
- Johannes Malfatti
- score producer
- Olivier Alary
- score mixer
- Olivier Alary