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Migration The Three Gorges Dam
Title
Migration [electronic resource] : The Three Gorges Dam / Planet Pictures (Firm).
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c2004.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (26 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 26, 2013.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Portions with English subtitles.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
The Three Gorges Dam will bring huge economic benefits to areas of central China, but Grandma Pang, an 87-year-old villager who is to be relocated to avoid rising waters from the construction project, is not so sure the changes are all for the good. She has lived all her life in one village and will be forced to leave many possessions and special places behind. Filmed over three years, this program chronicles Grandma Pang's traditional lifestyle, her emotional departure from the past, and the difficulties encountered in her new home as she and are family are moved to a "model town" to make way for the Three Gorges dam.
Variant and related titles
The Three Gorges Dam
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Planet Pictures (Firm), 2004.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
China from Within
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Forced Migration in China (1:37)
Three Gorges Dam (2:07)
Uncertain Future in China (2:27)
Abandoning Tradition (1:28)
Migration Subsidy (1:52)
Preparing for Migration (1:55)
Three Gorges Dam Displacement (4:04)
Adjusting to Yueyan (3:29)
Displacement Difficulties (1:59)
Completing the Three Gorges Dam (1:25)
Autumn Festival in Hunan (1:28)
Credits: Migration: The Three Gorges Dam-China from Within (0:44)
Videorecording number
52866s Infobase
52867 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Planet Pictures (Firm).
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