Last train home
(DVD Video)
Contributors
Published
[United States?] : Zeitgeist Video, 2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
[United States?] : Zeitgeist Video, 2009.
Format
DVD Video
Language
Chinese
UPC
795975113335
Notes
General Note
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
General Note
Originally produced in 2009.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Lixin Fan ; editing, Lixin Fan, Mary Stephen ; music, Olivier Alary.
Participants/Performers
Changhua Zhan, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang, Yang Zhang, Tingsui Tang.
Description
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the world's largest human migration--an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Director Lixin Fan draws us into the fractured lives of a single migrant family caught up in this desperate annual migration. Sixteen years ago, the Zhangs abandoned their young children to find work in the city, consoled by the hope that their wages would lift their children into a better life. But in a bitter irony, the Zhangs' hopes for the future are undone by their very absence. Qin, the daughter they left behind, has grown into adolescence crippled by a sense of abandonment. In an act of teenage rebellion, she drops out of school. She too will become a garment factory worker. The decision is a heartbreaking blow for the parents. Last Train Home follows the Zhangs' attempts to change their daughter's course and repair their ruptured family.
Language
In Mandarin and Sichuan dialect with English subtitles.
Awards
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival ; Riverrun Film Festival ; IDFA ; San Francisco International Film Festival.
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Library - DVD Collection | HD5856.C6L378 2009 | Find It Now |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Children of working parents -- China.
China -- Social conditions -- 2000-
Chinese -- Family relationships.
Clothing workers -- China.
Documentary films.
Foreign language films.
Foreign language films.
Migrant labor -- China.
Nonfiction films.
Parent and child -- China.
Railroads -- China -- Passenger traffic.
Video recordings.
Work and family -- China.
China -- Social conditions -- 2000-
Chinese -- Family relationships.
Clothing workers -- China.
Documentary films.
Foreign language films.
Foreign language films.
Migrant labor -- China.
Nonfiction films.
Parent and child -- China.
Railroads -- China -- Passenger traffic.
Video recordings.
Work and family -- China.
Other Subjects
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fan, L., Aung-Thwin, M., & Cross, D. (2009). Last train home . Zeitgeist Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fan, Lixin, Mila. Aung-Thwin and Daniel. Cross. 2009. Last Train Home. Zeitgeist Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fan, Lixin, Mila. Aung-Thwin and Daniel. Cross. Last Train Home Zeitgeist Video, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fan, Lixin,, Mila Aung-Thwin, and Daniel Cross. Last Train Home Zeitgeist Video, 2009.
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