Up the Yangtze

DVD 2008

A "farewell cruise" takes a luxury ship up the vast Yangtze River shortly before completion of the massive Three Gorges Dam. The passengers glimpse a rapidly changing countryside, while the local people struggle to adapt as their lives are irrevocably altered.

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Dams China

San Xia shui li shu niu (China)

Yangtze River Gorges (China) Economic conditions

Yangtze River Gorges (China) Social conditions

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Edition:

Letterbox

Description:

1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
video file
DVD video

Notes:

Originally produced as a feature film in 2007
Container insert includes interview Q&A by director Yung Chang
Special features: Time-lapse flood footage of the Yangtze River (3 min.); "Research Demo" footage (9 min.); deleted scenes (25 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.)
Narrated by Yung Chang
In English, Mandarin and Sichuan local dialects with English subtitles throughout and optional Mandarin subtitles
Subtitled for the deaf and hearing impaired

Control Number:

527834

Other Authors:

Chang, Yung, 1977-

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