Two parts family melodrama one part Chinese nationalist history. An unseen narrarator weaves the tale of his grandmother a poor rural Chinese girl sold into marriage to a leprous winemaker. After her husband's death the grandmother transforms the winery into a idyllic community of productive laborers only to have her progress thwarted by the invading Japanese.
Moving The Mountain is a documentary based on the demonstrations of students in Peking 1989. Beijing May 1989. The world watched as a hundred students became a thousand a thousand became ten thousand as thousands became a million - and a nation starved of freedom cried out for a taste of democracy. In this compelling film director Michael Apted (Nell Gorillas in the Mist) captures the power and passion of the Tiananmen Square uprising through a unique combination of newsreel footage dramatic re-enactments and extensive input form the actual student leaders. Exploring their personal histories reflections and thoughts on the future. Moving The Mountain paints a portrait of courage conviction and commitment that the New York Post calls A soaring - and sobering - tribute to the human spirit.
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