Sundance Film Review: ‘the Chinese Mayor’

dharv2014, Variety
Fri, 01/30/2015 - 6:46pm

A fascinating verite portrait of the collision between progress, politics, corruption and citizens' rights in a rapidly changing People's Republic.

Topics: people republic

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