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Petition ( Chinese: 上访; pinyin: shàngfǎng) is a documentary released in 2009 by Chinese independent filmmaker Zhao Liang. The film was screened as a Special Screening of the official selection of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. [1]
Jan 14, 2011 · Petition: Directed by Liang Zhao. With Zhang Weiye, Xiao Yuan. It is a fantastic documentary about Chinese govt's systemic oppression and persecution toward ordinary folk who petition the government.
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- Liang Zhao
- 2011-01-14
The dysfunctional Chinese justice system allows citizens with grievances against their local governments to petition the court to clear or correct their record. Yet in order to do so, the petitioners must travel to Beijing to file paperwork and wait an indefinite period to plead their case.
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- Zhao Liang
Jan 14, 2011 · In a new film made up of true stories collected over a decade, Chinese citizens who try to fight city hall find themselves battling entrenched and unscrupulous forces. Skip to content Skip to...
- Liang Zhao
Directed by Zhao Liang. China, 2009, digital video, color, 120 min. Mandarin with English subtitles. Beneath the radar of the feverish economic boom transforming mainland China, an underground revolution is taking place in low-budget documentary filmmaking.
Jan 11, 2011 · Cameras smuggled into petition offices (filming inside is a no-no) capture harassment, while government-sanctioned thugs threaten violence, and in one grotesque scene, the remains of an...
Jan 11, 2011 · “How many live standing up? Most are bent,” declares one of the desperate complainants in Petition, among the best in an extraordinary wave of recent documentaries vividly detailing the oppression clamped upon the Chinese citizenry.
