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The Chinese Shoes

2004
Directed byTamara Wyss
1h 44m

Tamara Wyss retraces her grandparents’ 100-year-old German Empire expedition up the Yangtze through the Three Gorges just before the dam’s completion. Guided by their photos, letters, and recordings, she witnesses disappearing traditions amid China’s breakneck modernization.

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Tamara WyssSelfTimmo NiesnerNarrator (voice)Franziska Schubert
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NR

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