Up the Yangtze

Name: Up the Yangtze
Director: Yung Chang
Released: 2007
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Campbell Ping He, Jerry Bo Yu Chen, Cindy Shui Yu

2007 · ★ 7.2 · Dir. Yung Chang

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.

Released: 2007-09-30
Runtime: 93 min
Language: EN
Box office: $783K
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