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The Ditch is a 2010 film by Wang Bing, based on a book by Yang Xianhui, that depicts the harsh life of prisoners in a Gobi Desert camp in 1960. The film, shot in secret and without official authorisation, shows the starvation, cannibalism and death of the inmates who were branded "rightist elements" by Mao Zedong.
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Movie:The DitchChinese:夹边沟 (Jiabiangou)Director: Bing WangWriter: Bing WangSet in the 1950s when the Chinese government condemned thousands of citizens, who were considered dissidents, to forced labour camps in the Gobi Desert. Thousands perished in the ditches that served as dormitories due to the camp's extreme conditions.
Apr 29, 2023 · Sat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00. The comments this week about the Ditch news website by the Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin, were designed to deflect attention from the “endemic...
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The Ditch is a docudrama that re-enacts the suffering of the imprisoned Chinese, accused of being 'right-wingers', in forced labor camps in the middle of the Gobi desert. Horrors unimaginable are inflicted upon these humans, and waking up every morning to round up dead bodies has become routine.
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A film by Wang Bing about the Jiabiangou Camp, where thousands of dissidents were sent to forced labor in the Gobi Desert. Based on interviews and a book, the film blends documentary and drama to depict the brutal conditions and a prisoner's escape attempt.
The Ditch comes under the latter category. This enactment of the brutalities handed out to some Chinese citizens in late fifties & early sixties by the Mao regime, under the guise of "Re-Education", is certainly tough going.
