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Mar 4, 2021 · “Lost Course” uses a local uprising that made international headlines to pose broader questions about the feasibility of democratic and anticorruption reforms in China.
“Lost Course” tells the story of the village's struggle against corruption over the course of five years, following the lives of several of the villagers involved in the protests and the subsequent elections.
Mar 5, 2021 · Lost Course (2019) chronicles a grassroots democratic movement in the southern Chinese village of Wukan. The villagers protest against the corrupt local officials before ousting them and organising elections of their own.
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Mar 5, 2021 · A village in southern China becomes a hotbed of democratic reform — with complicated aftereffects — in Jill Li’s epic political documentary “Lost Course,” a remarkable feat of embedded journalism...
- Robert Abele
Embedding herself in the village of Wukan, southern China for several years starting in 2011, first time documentarian Jill Li witnessed an unprecedented experiment in local democracy. Corrupt officials had illegally sold villagers' land, but the villagers decided to fight back.
Dec 9, 2020 · Hong Kong documaker Jill Li takes a good long look at a grassroots democracy movement in China in 'Lost Course,' taking its European bow at IDFA.
Embedding herself in the village of Wukan, southern China for several years starting in 2011, first time documentarian Jill Li witnessed an unprecedented experiment in local...
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