DISC ONE: CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT (2012 72 min) Directed by Yung Chang. The award-winning Canadian filmmaker follows a charismatic boxing champion and coach who recruits youngsters from impoverished villages across Sichuan province to train the next generation of Olympic hopefuls.
DISC TWO: LAST TRAIN HOME (2010 87 min) Directed by Lixin Fan. China s New Year holiday sees the world s largest human migration, as 130 million migrant workers travel from city to countryside. This acclaimed documentary traces one couple that makes the arduous journey every year.
DISC THREE: UP THE YANGTZE (2008 93 min) Directed by Yung Chang. Chang s riveting debut feature documentary traces the bizarre Upstairs, Downstairs life of one farewell cruise on the Yangtze River, and the landscape s dramatic transformation wrought by the Three Gorges Dam project.
DISC FOUR: YOUNG & RESTLESS IN CHINA (2008 106 min) Directed by Sue Williams. Produced for the prestigious PBS Frontline series, this documentary from the maker of China: A Century of Revolution examines the ambitions and struggles of twenty- and thirty-somethings across the country.
DISC FIVE: THE WORLD (2005 139 min) Directed by Jia Zhangke. A surreal Beijing amusement park an actual tourist spot that feels like a combo platter of Vegas and Epcot is the backdrop for this riveting dramedy from the master filmmaker behind Platform, Still Life and A Touch of Sin.
DISC SIX: THE TURANDOT PROJECT (2001 84 min) Directed by Allan Miller. The Oscar-winning documentarian goes behind-the-scenes with filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, Hero) and conductor Zubin Mehta for their historic staging of Puccini s Turandot in Beijing s Forbidden City.
