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ManZou:BeijingtoShanghaiisanindependentlyproducedfeature-lengthdocumentaryshotinChinainthefallof2008.ArrivinginBeijingthreeweeksaftertheOlympics,fourAmericanfriendsandtheirChineseguidesetoutonamonthlongtriptobicycle1,000milesofChina’scountryside,filmingtheiradventuresalongtheway.Withoutsupportvehicles,theywereabletocaptureanintimateandunfilteredlookatpartsofChinathataretypicallybypassedorflownover.Inmorewaysthanone,thebicycletripisthevehicletoexploretheenvironmental,economicandsociologicalissuesfacingChinatoday,asthefilminterspersestheexperiencesoftheteamwiththeopinionsofresidents,expats,andacademics.<br/> Interviewsinclude:<br/> MaJun,anenvironmentalvisionaryandauthorofChina'sWaterCrisis(alsonamedasoneofthe“100mostinfluentialpersonsintheworld”byTimemagazineinMay2006)offersanexpertpointofviewonChina’srapidgrowthanditsglobalenvironmentalimpact.<br/> KamWingChan,aProfessorofGeographyattheUniversityofWashingtonandinternationallyrecognizedforhisresearchonmigration,labormarketandurbansocialissuesinChina,discussesthedividebetweenurbanandruralChineseandtheplightofChina’smigrantworkers.<br/> Withonlythegearontheirbikesandapre-mappedroute,theteamdiscoveredremarkablesimilaritiesanddrasticdifferencesintheculturalandenvironmentallandscapeofChinaanditspeople.Beginningwithopenmindsandanunbiasedapproach,theirviewintomoderndaylifeinChinaisaperspectivenotnormallypresentedbyWesternmedia.Inadditiontointerviewsandobservations,their23-year-oldguide,DovenLu,providesauniqueperspectiveintothemindsetofChina’snextgeneration.<br/> The“ManZou”philosophy,borrowedfromacommonphraseinMandarinthattranslatesliterallyto“WalkSlow”guidedtheteamastheybicycledthroughthevariedurbanandruralareasbetweenBeijingandShanghaiand,inturn,openedawindowintosomeofthemanycontradictionsthatexistinChinatoday:oldvs.new,richvs.poor,developmentvs.environmentandtakingtimetoseethingsalongthewayvs.movingrapidlyinmodernworld.Ultimately,thegoalofManZouistoeducate,entertain,inspireandsparkconversationaboutChinaanditsfuture.
