For 20 years, I've read every detail that has leaked out of China about the Three Gorges dam. But nothing, before this film, has put me so vividly in the shoes of citizens affected by this dam. "Up the Yangtze" gives life to all the statistics and mind boggling details.
It made me laugh. It made me cry. And it helped me to feel -- really feel -- what it is like to be in the path of this dam.
"Bravo" to Yung Chang for recording an important part of modern Chinese history that the Chinese government would prefer to skip. This is an outstanding film.
Patricia Adams, Executive Director, Probe International Publisher,
Three Gorges Probe,
China Rivers Probe Editor,
Yangtze! Yangtze!
Earthscan, 1994.