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Human Harvest

Human Harvest

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 8

David Matas and David Kilgour investigate the organ harvesting trade in China.

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Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly

Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Ai Weiwei, famous for his large-scale installation work and his dogged social justice advocacy, created a career-defining work in 2015 with @Large, mounted at Alcatraz, the emblematic site associated...

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In the Same Breath

In the Same Breath

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2021 IMDB Rating: 7.6

This documentary recounts the experiences of people on the ground in the earliest days of the novel coronavirus and the way two countries dealt with its initial spread, from the first days of the outb...

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Found

Found

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2021 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Follows the story of three American teenage girls—each adopted from China—who discover they are blood-related cousins on 23andMe. Their online meeting inspires the young women to confront the burning...

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China: The Rebirth of an Empire

China: The Rebirth of an Empire

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Peaceful rise or potential threat: What does China's 21st century re-emergence as a great world power mean for the rest of us?

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China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 7.3

On May 12, 2008, a catastrophic earthquake hit Sichuan Province in rural China, killing nearly 70,000 people, including 10,000 children. In town after town, poorly constructed school buildings crumble...

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Hooligan Sparrow

Hooligan Sparrow

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.3

The danger is palpable as intrepid young filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues to Hainan Province in southern China to protest th...

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The China Hustle

The China Hustle

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.2

An unsettling and eye-opening Wall Street horror story about Chinese companies, the American stock market, and the opportunistic greed behind the biggest heist you've never heard of.

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Ascension

Ascension

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2021 IMDB Rating: 7

The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizing—and sometimes humorous—imagery, this observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of...

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Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

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Film Age rating: 5 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 6.5

After 81 days of solitary detention world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is put under house arrest. He suffers from sleeping disorder and memory loss, 18 cameras are monitoring his studio and home, p...

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