CHINA · 2008

24 City

Jia Zhangke
Chinese Sixth Generation industrial decline urban redevelopment collective memory factory workers chinese modernization
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As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.

Year2008
CountryChina
DirectorJia Zhangke
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