Railroad of Hope

Railroad of Hope

Infobox Chinese Film
name = Railroad of Hope


image_size =
caption =
director = Ning Ying
producer = Ning Ying
writer = Ning Ying
starring =
music =
cinematography = Ning Ying
Guo Guang
editing = Ning Ying
distributor =
released = Toronto:
September 12, 2002
runtime = 56 min.
language = Mandarin
budget =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0334732
jianti = 希望之旅
fanti = 希望之旅
pinyin = Xī wàng zhī lǜ

"Railroad of Hope" is a 2002 Chinese documentary film directed by Ning Ying. The film was produced by Eurasia Communications Ltd. and Beijing Happy Village Ltd.

"Railraod of Hope" consists of interviews and footage collected over three days by Ning Ying of migrant agricultural workers traveling from Sichuan in China's interior, to the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China's northwest frontier.cite web|url=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/04-1NRSpring/84-85V58N1.pdf|title=Woman with a Movie Camera: Ning Ying’s cinematic visions document a rapidly changing China| publisher = Nieman Reports | author = Zhang Zhen | date = Spring 2004 | accessdate =2008-05-09] Through informal interviews aboard the cramped rail cars, Ning Ying explores the hopes and dreams of the workers, many of whom have never left their homes before.

The film won the Grand Prix du Cinemá du Réel in 2002 in Paris.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0334732|title=Railroad of Hope
* [http://www.dianying.com/en/title/xwz2001 "Railroad of Hope"] at the Chinese Movie Database


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