Abstract:

Award-winning filmmaker Xiaolu Guo examines the tremendous moral and human cost of creating a "New China" for the 2008 Olympics. Blending social commentary, frank interviews and evocative imagery, the viewer is led to wonder who really benefits from the endless construction taking place in Beijing. Thought-provoking and controversial, The Concrete Revolution offers a rare, first-hand survey of China in the 21st century. Online guidebook available at https://www.choicesvideo.net/guidebooks/Concreteguidebook.pdf