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Behemoth (Chinese: 悲兮魔兽; pinyin: bēixī móshòu) is a Chinese documentary film directed by Zhao Liang about the environmental, sociological, and public health effects of coal-mining in China and Inner Mongolia.
Aug 19, 2016 · Behemoth: Directed by Liang Zhao. Under the sun, the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining , the herdsmen have no choice but to leave as the meadow areas dwindle.
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- Documentary
- Liang Zhao
- 2016-08-19
Beginning with a mining explosion in Mongolia and ending in a ghost city west of Beijing, political documentarian Zhao Liang’s visionary new film Behemoth details, in one breathtaking sequence after another, the social and ecological devastation behind an economic miracle that may yet prove illusory. PROJECTR BLOG.
Oct 25, 2015 · Maverick indie helmer Zhao Liang continues his muckraking tour of China’s social and environmental woes with the stunningly lensed, cumulatively moving “Behemoth.”
Behemoth. Joshua Riverton (Josh Eisenberg) spent 10 years working for a global chemical behemoth, notorious for their environmental negligence. When his daughter develops a mysterious illness, he steps forward as a whistle-blower, throwing his life into chaos and risks everything, even his soul, to save his terminally ill daughter.
Nov 11, 2015 · Overview. Under the sun, the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining , the herdsmen have no choice but to leave as the meadow areas dwindle. In the moonlight, iron mines are brightly lit throughout the night.
Behemoth is a 2015 documentary film that was directed by Zhao Liang. The film employs a unique approach to visually documenting the ecological devastation that has befallen China as a result of its rapidly growing industrialization.
