Last Train Home
Directed by: Lixin Fan
85 minutes | PG
Screening | Friday, August 26, 2011, 7pm - 9pm |
Screening | Saturday, August 27, 2011, 7pm - 9pm |
The Chinese New Year holiday brings about an annual 130 million person migration of workers from the cities back to their home villages, which is often the only chance most factory workers have to reunite with their families. Shot over several years, Lixin Fan's documentary Last Train Home, chronicles this migration through the story of a particular family's cycle of reunion and separation.
"This small masterpiece of documentary filmmaking offers a human-scale look at the impact of China's industrial growth." - Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
"Chinese-Canadian director Lixin Fan considers the social upheavals wrought by China's economic miracle." - Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Best Documentary, Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, 2010
