The Chinese Shoes

- Media type
- Film
Die chinesischen Schuhe · The Chinese Shoes · MOVIE
Documentary 2004
About this title
Tamara Wyss retraces her grandparents’ 100-year-old German Empire expedition up the Yangtze through the Three Gorges just before the dam’s completion. Guided by their photos, letters, and recordings, she witnesses disappearing traditions amid China’s breakneck modernization.