---
title: 'Up the Yangtze (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yung Chang'
released: '2007-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/up-the-yangtze-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1114277/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Up the Yangtze (2007)

2007 · Documentary · Canada


## Synopsis

Up the Yangtze is a 2007 documentary film directed by Chinese-Canadian director Yung Chang. The film focuses on people affected by the building of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze river in Hubei, China. The theme of the film is the transition towards consumer capitalism from a farming, peasant-based economy as China develops its rural areas. The film is a co-production between the National Film Board of Canada and Montreal's EyeSteelFilm with the participation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Geographic Channel, P.O.V., SODEC, and Telefilm. The film is being distributed in the USA by Zeitgeist Films. The United Kingdom distributor is Dogwoof Pictures.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yung Chang](https://cinepixo.com/people/yung-chang)
- **Screenplay:** [Yung Chang](https://cinepixo.com/people/yung-chang)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Olivier Alary](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-alary)
- **Producer:** [Mila Aung-Thwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mila-aung-thwin), [John Christou](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-christou), [Germaine Ying Gee Wong](https://cinepixo.com/people/germaine-ying-gee-wong)

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Official site: http://uptheyangtze.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/up-the-yangtze-2007
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