Our Children
Ai Xiaoming
Release year: 2009
Run time: 73 mins
Film type: Documentary
Synopsis
This film captures the stories that took place before and after the May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The narrators are mainly the parents of the students who were killed, interspersed with commentary from media workers, independent scholars, internet writers, geologists, environmentalists and legal practitioners. They express their views on the Sichuan earthquake from a variety of perspectives. The film is Ai's first documentary on the jerry-built projects of the Wenchuan earthquake.
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