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China's Wild West

11 minutes  /  All ages  /  2008  /  China  /  Average:


Documentaries  /  Foreign

Impressionistically portrays a day in the life of the Chinese Muslim Uyghur community hoping to strike it rich.

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Urszula Pontikos

Urszula Pontikos

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Urszula Pontikos

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World Premier at Sundance 2009. China’s remote western region of Xinjiang is home to a booming market in Jade, the gemstone much prized by the Chinese. Local Muslim minority Uyghur turn from farming to digging during the winter months to supplement their income.

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Violet Noregar

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3 months ago

Never realized there was so much mining in this part of Central Asia. Interesting subject matter, rich cinematography.

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