Smog Journeys: a short film by Jia Zhangke
Jia Zhangkes short film for Greenpeace East Asia depicts the effects of air pollution in northeast China, a region frequently blanketed in dangerous levels of air pollution. Smog Journeys traces two familes from two different backgrounds; one a mining family in Hebei province, and the other a trendy middle class family in Beijing. Both face a similar fate. Air pollution is one of Chinas most pressing environmental and health issues. Greenpeace calls for a shift from coal to clean renewable energy, as w
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