Product Details

• Actors: Concrete Revolution-Other Side of Chines
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Choices Inc.
• VHS Release Date: April 11, 2006
• Run Time: 61 minutes
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• ASIN: B000F0UQX6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #32,353 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Review

While the impact of economic reform in today's China is often portrayed in very positive terms, filmmaker Xiaolu Guo's documentary The Concrete Revolution looks at the other side of the coin, showcasing the enormous physical changes in Beijing, where whole neighborhoods are being demolished to make way for huge construction projects, often of very dubious merit (especially those in anticipation of the 2008 Olympic Games). Recommended. --Video Librarian - July/August 2006

Product Description

Award-winning filmmaker Xiaolu Guo examines the tremendous moral and human cost of creating a "New China" for the 2008 Olympics. Blending social commentary, frank interviews and evocative imagery, the viewer is led to ponder who really benefits from the endless construction taking place in Beijing. As traditional communities are bulldozed to make way for modern high-rise apartment buildings and ancient traditions are cast aside at the expense of approximately one million poor laborers from villages who barely get paid, the film asks how far will China go to sacrifice its traditional way of life for this new Western version? Thought-provoking and controversial, The Concrete Revolution offers a rare, first-hand survey of China in the 21st century. Includes Guidebook and Director's Statement.

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