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China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
EMAILPRINTSPECIAL: HBO, Thursday 5/7 at 8:00p (39 minutes)
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 6 critic reviews
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Show Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Created By:
Jon Alpert
Matthew O'Neill
First Air Date: May 7, 2009
Summary
Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill traveled to China to document the aftermath of the May 12, 2008 earthquake in the Sichuan Province among families who lost their children.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
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What The Critics Said
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Hollywood ReporterRandee Dawn
Disaster's footage is riveting and at times difficult to watch, but this is important viewing. At times, the 40-minute documentary feels abbreviated, ending before most of the threads pursued in the main story conclude, but that's a minor quibble.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, which premieres on HBO tonight, is a heartbreaking example of what can only be called "Testimonial Television."
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, whose previous work includes "Baghdad ER," have done a good job of humanizing the disaster in Sichuan. The same cannot be said, by the evidence here, for Chinese officials.
Read Full Review >PopMattersCynthia Fuchs
No matter how close its framing of a despairing face or how wide its look at a demolished area, China’s Unnatural Disaster maintains a powerful focus on the complicated social and political relations producing continued distrust and helplessness.
Read Full Review >Wall Street JournalDorothy Rabinowitz
In these brief 45 minutes of filmmaking by Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, there is more vivid testimony to the way the state party apparatus works to prevent any expression of dissent from reaching foreign news sources than any piece of reporting in memory.
Read Full Review >Washington PostTom Shales
Artful but never artsy, as direct and natural as a conversation with a friend, Unnatural Disaster is a uniquely powerful piece of work, typical of what we've come to expect from Sheila Nevins's documentary division of HBO but even more moving than most.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
