Up the Yangtze
Sep 30 2007
•2h 33m
•Documentary
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.
Cast
See allCampbell Ping He
himself
Jerry Bo Yu Chen
himself
Cindy Shui Yu
herself
Yung Chang
Narrator
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