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Summary Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year’s holiday. This mass exodus is the world’s largest human migration—an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Working over several years in classi...

Directed By: Lixin Fan

Written By: Daniel Cross

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Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 32 User Ratings
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Summary Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year’s holiday. This mass exodus is the world’s largest human migration—an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Working over several years in classi...

Directed By: Lixin Fan

Written By: Daniel Cross

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Universal Acclaim Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 32 User Ratings
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Generally Favorable Based on 32 User Ratings
8.0
88% Positive
28 Ratings
6% Mixed
2 Ratings
6% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Eye Steel Film, Téléfilm Canada, Rogers Group of Funds, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Crédit d'Impôt Cinéma et Télévision, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), ITVS International, Super Channel, Channel Four, TV5 Quebec, Canada Council for the Arts, Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, Jan Vrijman Fund, The Canwest Hot Docs Completion Fund, Yuan Fang Media
Release Date Sep 3, 2010
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Not Rated
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations