Dead Souls (2016)
Through the description of the daily lives of the now elderly survivors of the Jiabiangou Forced Labor Camp, this documentary seeks to expose the truth about the political campaigns of the late 1950s that led so many people to suffer or to die.
Three Sisters (2012)
Three peasant sisters - aged ten, six and four - try to get by in the mountains after their mother abandons them and their father has to go away to work.
West Of The Tracks (2003)
Documentary focusing on the decline of heavy industry in the Tiexi district of Shenyang, China.
Youth (Spring) (2023)
Documentary about the lives of teenage workers in China.
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