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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

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  • Documentary

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

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

Details

Status
Released
Release date
June 9, 2004
Original language
Chinese
Spoken languages
mandarin
Countries
China, Netherlands
Production
Hubert Bals Fund,Wang Bing Film Workshop,Wang Bing Film Workshop, Hubert Bals Fund
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
IMDb
tt0389448
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