Up The Yangtze
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.
A gloriously cinematic doc of epic, poetic sadness..."-- Variety
"Visually engrossing, storytelling which presents the micro and macro aspects of our time, Up The Yangtze works on every cinematic level"- TIFF
"the contested Three Gorges Dam forms an unsettling backdrop to a richly detailed narrative of life inside contemporary China"- Terrance Odette
Up The Yangtze
