Up the Yangtze

Documentary · 2008Not Rated

A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze - navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." 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 modern China.

Starring

Yung Chang, Campbell Ping He, Jerry Bo Yu Chen, Daniel Cross, Lixin Fan, Cindy Shui Yu, Sally Bochner, Mila Aung-Thwin

Director

Yung Chang

Producer

Germaine Ying Gee Wong