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- Tue 4/29, 9:00pm - 10:33pm FUmbrella (2 cool kids going to Kabuki, 1881 Post Street) Links: Original Source | Who's going / Permalink
About: With the approach of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the eyes of the world are on China and its astonishing burst of economic growth. What lies beyond the glossy images of rapid construction and newfound wealth, however, remains largely hidden from view: urban China's abandonment of its rural past and the brutal disparities in prosperity and opportunity since the economic reforms of the 1980s and '90s. Umbrella, the latest documentary from Du Haibin-one of China's Sixth Generation filmmakers known for their underground efforts and penchant for exposing uncomfortable truths-trains an unflinching gaze upon this stark reality. Divided into five segments, the film revisits the core groups that characterized China's pre-reform society-workers, merchants, students, soldiers and peasants-to examine th...
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