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. —IMDb
China is a difficult enigma. The amount of 'sacrifice' that endures as a matter of progress is eloquently summed up by the story told here by Yung Chang.
First conceived in 1919 to tame annual flooding that routinely took thousands of lives, the controversial damming of the world’s 3rd largest river didn’t begin until 1993. Besides giving ocean-going… read review
The beginning quote by Confucius was a great opener for the film: “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by… read review
