Takeaway China: When the Bough Breaks
Thursday 2 February 2012
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Dir. Ji Dan
2011, Documentary, 148 mins
Mandarin w/ English subtitles
A group of migrant children have grown up next to a rubbish dumpsite in Daxing in the southern suburbs of Beijing. As high-rise buildings begin to encroach upon their shanty settlement and threaten to swallow up their makeshift hut, the children are faced with a predicament: should they continue their studies or submit to the early onset of adulthood?
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