Great Wall Across the Yangtze


60m 2000

Brief Synopsis

Documentary about the controversial Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River. The program states the Chinese government's case for building the dam while reviewing the project's many consequences: the displacement of 1.5 million people, the imminent threat to regional wildlife, the loss of ancestra

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2000

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

Documentary about the controversial Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River. The program states the Chinese government's case for building the dam while reviewing the project's many consequences: the displacement of 1.5 million people, the imminent threat to regional wildlife, the loss of ancestral burial grounds and centuries-old temples that will be forever submerged beneath the dam's immense reservoir.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2000

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

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