KOOTENAY GALLERY MONDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
At Castlegar's Kootenay Centre Cinemas
Monday, September 29th
UP THE YANGTZE
The Three Gorges Dam, gargantuan and hotly contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle, provides the epic and unsettling backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic and disquieting feature documentary on life inside the 21st century Chinese dream.
Among the two million people losing their livelihood to the dam, the Yu family must send their daughter, Yu Shui, off to work as the waters around their village rise. In a bitter irony she's been hired by Farewell Cruises, part of the strange apocalyptic tourist trade that thrives along the river, offering a final glimpse of a legendary world of the Yangtze before it disappears forever.
With insight and cinematic flair, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang takes us onboard to show a life that mirrors the hierarchy of the wider world, where Western passengers take in the spectral views while Yu Shui toils in the galley down below.
Stunningly photographed and beautifully composed, Up the Yangtze juxtaposes the poignant and sharply observed details of the story of Yu Shui against the monumental and ominous forces at work all around her.
Members Series Tickets $48.00
Non-members Series Tickets $64.00
Single tickets $9.00
Purchase tickets at the Kootenay Gallery, Castlegar Public Library or Cinema door.
For more information contact the Kootenay Gallery at 365-3337.
Future Film Line-up
October 27, 2008 THE STONE ANGEL
November 24, 2007 YOUNG AT HEART
December 8, 2008 THE DUCHESS
January 26 THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
February 23, 2008 HEAVEN ON EARTH
March 30, 2008 TBA
April 27, 2008 TBA