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PEOPLE & CULTURE
waking the green tiger, a green

Seen through the eyes of activists, farmers, and journalists Waking the Green Tiger
follows an extraordinary, campaign to stop a huge dam project on the upper
Yangtze river in southwestern China. Featuring astonishing archival footage never
seen outside China, and interviews with a government insider and witnesses, the
documentary also tells the history of Chairman Mao’s campaigns to conquer
nature in the name of progress. An environmental movement takes root when a
new environmental law is passed and for the first time in China’s history, ordinary

citizens have the democratic right to speak out and take part in government
decisions. Activists test their freedom and save a river. The movement they trigger Definition Episodes
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has the potential to transform China. Producer YOP
Face to Face Media 2011
Also available a 20' follow up to Waking the Green Tiger - Searching for Sacred
Mountain.