Railroad of Hope
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Director Ning Ying Language Mandarin | 7.2/10 IMDb Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12) (Toronto) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Railroad of Hope is a 2002 Chinese documentary film directed by Ning Ying. The film was produced by Eurasia Communications and Beijing Happy Village.
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Background
Railroad of Hope consists of interviews and footage collected over three days by Ning Ying of migrant agricultural workers traveling from Sichuan in China's interior, to the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China's northwest frontier. Through informal interviews aboard the cramped rail cars, Ning Ying explores the hopes and dreams of the workers, many of whom have never left their homes before.
Reception
The film won the Grand Prix du Cinemá du Réel in 2002 in Paris.
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Railroad of Hope Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
Railroad of Hope IMDb
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