Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

Name: Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
Uploaded: 2003-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 551 min
Description: A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.

7.70
January 2003
551 min

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.

Type:
MOVIE
Country:
Genres:
Documentary
Release:
September 2003
Production:
Wang Bing Film Workshop, Hubert Bals Fund
Tags:
factory worker, squatter, industrial society , industry, working class, poverty, co-workers relationship, struggle for survival, railroad, modern china, forced relocation, contamination, railway station, coal, railwayman, fly-on-the-wall, father son relationship, wintertime, industrial town, working class people

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

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