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The Concrete Revolution
The Concrete Revolution

THE CONCRETE REVOLUTION

Directed by Guo Xiaolu
United Kingdom, China, 2004
Documentary

Synopsis

A meditation on the price paid for the building of the new China. This film essay starts with unemployed peasants rushing into Beijing to work on the demolition and construction of the city. New China uses these people’s desperation to realize its huge ambitions.

Synopsis

A meditation on the price paid for the building of the new China. This film essay starts with unemployed peasants rushing into Beijing to work on the demolition and construction of the city. New China uses these people’s desperation to realize its huge ambitions.