Yung Chang gives an update on the situation back in China.
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Up the Yangtze (90 min.)
Premiere Date: October 8, 2008
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Trailer: Link
Filmmaker: Yung Chang Bio | Interview | Statement
Press: Critical Acclaim | Press Release
Filmmaker
Yung Chang
[I wanted to make] a movie about tourists on this Yangtze cruise boat — a kind of 'Gosford Park' idea that shows the social hierarchy, the lives above and below the decks. I realized that the people working on the boat were all from the Yangtze area and that many of their families were affected by the dam.”
— Yung Chang, Filmmaker
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August 12, 2010
Critical Acclaim
An astonishing documentary of culture clash and the erasure of history amid China's economic miracle.”
— Stephen Holden,
The New York Times
The construction of China's massive Three Gorges Dam has forced . . . a human upheaval almost too gigantic to conceive. Yet filmmaker Yung Chang finds a . . . beautiful way to glimpse the big picture of dislocation through an exquisitely poised small study. Grade: A”
— Lisa Schwartzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly
Up the Yangtze blends this empathy with its subjects with a striking visual quality, haunting images that show both the beauty and uncertainty of this pivotal time.”
— Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times
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