Director Zhao Liang took ten years to film Chinese workers who petition against the injustices suffered in their home districts. Many have had their home and land confiscated, been beaten, arrested and put inside mental institutions. Yet they continue to believe in a system that continues to smack them in the face. They petition for a better China, a chance to be heard and to right what has been wronged. The system ignores their cries and others move on out of fear they too will be persecuted for voicing an opinion.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
China's Bleak House 2011 85 min
Director Zhao Liang took ten years to film Chinese workers who petition against the injustices suffered in their home districts. Many have had their home and land confiscated, been beaten, arrested and put inside mental institutions. Yet they continue to believe in a system that continues to smack them in the face. They petition for a better China, a chance to be heard and to right what has been wronged. The system ignores their cries and others move on out of fear they too will be persecuted for voicing an opinion.
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