SPAG Media Festival Plastic China Discussion - Jiu-liang Wang

A screening followed by conversation, dinner and panel discussion with filmmaker Jiu-liang Wang (Plus: Free Dinner). Plastic China follows the members of a family who spend their lives sorting and recycling plastic waste from the United States, Europe, and Asia.

PLASTIC CHINA

(Wang Jiuliang; Doc.; 82min.; Eng. subtitles; China, 2016)

Film Description:

Yi-Jie, an 11-year-old girl, works alongside her parents in a recycling facility while dreaming of attending school. Kun, the facility’s ambitious boss, dreams of a better life. Through the story of these two families, this poignant film explores issues of wastes recycling, social inequality, as well as global consumption and culture.

Website: https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=621dcd4f-7025-4983-82a4-0838469f4b3e

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Kif9cugQ0

https://mediaspace.gatech.edu/media/jwang/1_mtnqn2nr