Fri. Nov. 7 - 1:30pm
UP THE YANGTZE
Dir. Yung Chang | Canada 2007 | 107 min.| 35mm | Documentary

IN PERSON: Director Yung Chang, Producer Daniel Cross and Distributor Robin Smith

UP THE YANGTZE is the beautifully photographed story of how The Three Gorges Dam, one of the world’s largest, is profoundly altering the way of life for people who live along its path. Filmmaker Yung Chan follows the heartbreaking tale of Yu Shui who comes from a poor peasant family and must leave her family behind to work on a cruise ship washing dishes. “Watching UP THE YANGTZE is one of those experiences that reinvigorates and restores your faith in the documentary film medium. Full of stunning images of contemporary China, it shows us the unsettling pace at which the nation’s cultures are shifting…A complex portrait of a nation and its people facing epic change.” (Matt Hays, Montreal Mirror)

“Not to be missed.” (The Globe and Mail)