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24 City
CHINA · 2008

24 City

Jia Zhangke
industrial decline urban redevelopment collective memory factory workers Chinese modernization
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Synopsis

As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.

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