Beijing Taxi: SXSW 2010 Accepted Film

BEIJING TAXI is a feature length documentary that vividly portrays Beijing undergoing a profound transformational arch. Through a humanistic lens, the intimate lives of three taxi drivers connect a morphing city confronted with modern issues and changing values. With diverse imagery combined with a contemporary score rich in atmosphere, we experience a visceral sense of the common citizens persistent attempts to grasp the elusive. Candid and perceptive in its filming approach and highly cinematic in style, BEIJING TAXI takes us on a lyrical journey into fragments of a society riding the bumpy roads to modernization. Though the destination is unknown, they continue to forge ahead.

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  Film & Animation

[mcisner3]

what is the song @ :30 seconds?

[gangzw]

should be a great film

[codeagent47]

China the new Capitalism while the Government party is base on Communism which they don't even follow that ideology!