JPA331Y1 Lecture : JPA331Y Feb 28th Notes
Document Summary
Film is directed by woman named ruby yang or some shit, shes chinese canadian. Very well made documentary, nominated for academy award last year. Taks about this village qiugang, alot of people die of cancer, the suspected cause was polluted river from this factory. So this guy, called jiang gong li, an ordinary farmer didn"t have shit education but very persistent and perserverant against local govt. Enlisted help of local ngo to attract media attention, gather evidence against polluting factories. China"s environmental problems - which have triggered alarm worldwide -- have also teiggered protests and activism in canada. Spring 2007: volunters from green anhui a local environment group. Chinese don"t lack ideas, just dont want to be first to act on them. Chemical plants moved in 2004, they started production, the people had to stay indoors, sad times. Worried about children, some grandson has been feeling unwell. The village gets more cancer than others, says zhang gongli, the leading farmer.
