China Earthquake CBC Doc Zone

Chinas Earthquake: The People in the Pictures goes beyond the headlines to bring viewers tales of endurance and hope, of sorrow and rage, of life extinguished and life reborn.

Nearly 70,000 people were killed in the earthquake that devastated Chinas Sichuan province on May 12, 2008. Lives and livelihoods, homes and villages were torn apart in seconds. Beijings first response was to ban media coverage from the disaster zone, but it was too late: Chinese reporters had hurried to the scene and were already filing live and uncensored reports. Their stories of unimaginable devastation unleashed an outpouring of international public support and sympathy. China took the unprecedented step of allowing international aid teams to come in. But soon the earthquake disappeared from the headlines, replaced by dazzling images from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. A year after the earthquake, what became of the people who survived? Viewers will witness their stories in Chinas Earthquake: The People in the Pictures, airing on DOC ZONE, Thursday, April 2, at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT), on CBC Television.

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