Along the Banks of the Yangtze(2016)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2016-02-07
Average Runtime: 44m
Rating: 8.2
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
A six-part series in which photographer Ruben Terlou travels from Shanghai, the most westernized part of China, to the much more traditional Tibetan city of Shangri-La. Through the stories of people he meets along the 6,300-kilometre river, Ruben discovers the real China, forty years after Mao’s death.
Keywords
chinatraditionmodernitysocietytravelurbanculturejourneyreal lifeyangtze riverreflectiveruralobservational documentarypoeticvisual
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Miniseries
Episodes: 6E01
The Chinese Dream
Air Date: 2016-02-07
Over the past few years, Shanghai has been inundated with immigrants. The world's largest port city has nearly 10 mil...
E02
Double Happiness
Air Date: 2016-02-14
Love and happiness are not left to chance in China. In fact: it is considered a serious problem if a person has not s...
E03
On Mao
Air Date: 2016-02-21
Mao is alive. 40 years after his death, he is still as popular as ever. After all, he was the founder of the People's...
E04
The Dam
Air Date: 2016-02-28
The Three Gorges Dam has taken the place of the Chinese Wall as China's pride and joy in terms of man-made structures...
E05
Leisure in China
Air Date: 2016-03-06
Leisure in China is a public and massive thing. Whether it's Mahjong tournaments, acrobatics or street dance, everyth...
E06
Motorway to Tibet
Air Date: 2016-03-13
The River Yangtze flows along the mountain sides of the Himalayas before taking a sharp turn in the direction of Shan...
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