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The controversy behind China’s Three Gorges dam project, told by the people most affected.
June 2008 (check local listings)
Against the backdrop of China's stunning Three Gorges, this
documentary tells the story of a powerful river that for centuries
has helped shape the evolution of Chinese civilization - but today
faces its greatest challenge. In 1994, the People's Republic of
China approved the construction of the world's largest dam and
hydroelectric power plant across this legendary river. Soon
afterwards, voices of outrage echoed through the halls of the
National People's Congress. Not since the protest of 1989 was the
country so divided on an issue. Made without government
authorization, "Great Wall" takes viewers into the heart of China
and explores the controversy behind the dam project, told by the
people most affected - the engineer who believes in his country and
its urgent need for new sources of power and flood control; the
people who are being forcibly relocated to make way for the immense
reservoir; the biologist who works to find ways to save the Baiji
River dolphin from extinction; and the archaeologist who attempts
to recover ancient artifacts before time runs out.