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  • 2021
  • Icarus Films
  • 2 h 59 m
  • 2021
  • Icarus Films
  • 2 h 59 m

Summary Embedding herself in the village of Wukan, southern China for several years starting in 2011, first time documentarian Jill Li witnessed an unprecedented experiment in local democracy. Corrupt officials had illegally sold villagers' land, but the villagers decided to fight back. The documentary is divided into two halves: the first, "Pr...

Directed By: Jill Li

  • 2021
  • Icarus Films
  • 2 h 59 m
  • 2021
  • Icarus Films
  • 2 h 59 m

Lost Course

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Embedding herself in the village of Wukan, southern China for several years starting in 2011, first time documentarian Jill Li witnessed an unprecedented experiment in local democracy. Corrupt officials had illegally sold villagers' land, but the villagers decided to fight back. The documentary is divided into two halves: the first, "Pr...

Directed By: Jill Li

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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91
Mar 3, 2021
After a year that’s been marked by the collective anger of the global populace facing disease and inequality, Lost Course feels particularly necessary. It’s a story that will haunt you with the question: is change possible?
By Artemis Lin FULL REVIEW
88
Feb 28, 2021
What distinguishes the film from ordinary journalism, and what constitutes its intervention in reality, is a difference in timescale.
By William Repass FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 4, 2021
This two-part, three-hour film is marked by immediacy and breadth, as if an on-the-fly news bulletin had naturally morphed into the richest of character-driven sagas.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 4, 2021
[A] sobering, sprawling documentary.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 28, 2021
Observational yet authoritative in its approach, Li’s film first paints an inspiring picture, then a dispiriting one.
By Sarah Ward FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 28, 2021
Three hours long yet anything but leisurely, the doc is charged with energy, anger and disappointment.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Human Images
Release Date Mar 5, 2021
Duration 2 h 59 m
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Awards

Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Open City Docs Fest
• 1 Nomination

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