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Great Wall Across the Yangtze

In the heart of China engineers are constructing the world’s largest dam across the legendary Yangtze River. Critics fear the dam will be a social and environmental disaster.

Series

Global Voices

Premiere Date

October 3, 2000

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Ellen Perry

Producer

Filmmaker Ellen Perry has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and the western Pacific islands, documenting the land and people through still photography and video. Perry holds a degree in cinema/television production from the University of Southern California, and has produced, directed, photographed, and edited numerous narrative shorts including Keepers of the Flame, Lost Identity, and The Cycle. She has also art directed several films including Sugared Peas, which screened at First Look. She has published film criticism articles and she is currently working on a feature screenplay. Great Wall Across the Yangtze was her first documentary production.