Aurora at the Albright-Knox Film Series: Up the Yangze (2008)
w/ director Yung Chang in-person
Fri., Jan. 15th @ 7:00 pm Location: Albright-Knox Auditorium
Cost: Free
To receive FREE Admission, bring your Squeaky Membership Card to the AKAG ticket counter.
"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. " Excerpt written by National Film Board of
Canada