Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2015 | |
The Chinese MayorBuy The Chinese Mayor now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it. | |
Wikipedia article'The Chinese Mayor' , original title 'Datong' (), is a 2015 documentary that follows Datong mayor Geng Yanbo's efforts to transform one of the China's most polluted cities into a cultural destination, in large part by displacing 500,000 residents (about 200,000 homes demolished) to reconstruct the 14th century Ming Dynasty walls of the Old City. PremiereThe film's American premiere occurred at the Sundance Festival, where it was awarded a "Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Access" AccoladesReviewsThe film received favorable reviews, but as of the summer of 2015 the film was still seeking an American distribution partner. In the US, the film can be rented on YouTube. On 10 February 2019, 'BBC World News' televised the documentary. ReferencesCategory:Chinese documentary films | |
Buy The Chinese Mayor now from Amazon <-- Return to movies from 2015 This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1098705482. |