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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2004)

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2004)

Documentary
Release Date: 2004, June 9
Directors: Wang Bing
Countries: China
Production: Wang Bing Film Workshop, Hubert Bals Fund

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

father son relationship struggle for survival poverty working class factory worker co-workers relationship railway station squatter railroad modern china coal contamination industry working class people industrial society forced relocation fly-on-the-wall wintertime railwayman industrial town