Up the Yangtze (2007)

• 78%
• 2007
• Documentary
• Yung Chang
• Campbell Ping He
• Jerry Bo Yu Chen
• Cindy Shui Yu

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.