Balancing A Dream

Balancing A Dream

Directed by Ling Lee

Overview

Genre
Current Affairs, Social Issues, Investigation, and Human Rights
Synopsis

To be a journalist in China you sometimes need to use a few subtle tricks to get your stories to print.
Sun Hua, an award-winning investigative journalist for the Jinan Times, knows just what he can and
cannot get away with and how best to persuade his bosses to allow him to continue his work.
He is charming, philosophical but also very determined.
This film follows Sun Hua at work as he investigates a story about possible corruption by a property developer.
All the time, he quietly considers his position as a journalist in a complex country that itself is dealing with change.
He dreams of 'fairness, objectivity, truth' but he also knows there are real limits to what he can do.
Yet he continues to push, to persuade and to publish.
This film explores 21st century China as it is challenged by a changing world, pushed by free-thinkers
such as Sua Hua and an ongoing struggle for increasing freedom of expression.

Stage
finished
Running time
25 minutes

Credits

  • Ling Lee ... Director, Cinematographer

Production Details

Prod. Co.
Bethnal Films
Country
United Kingdom
Years of Production
2012
Locations
China

Distribution Details

Release year
2012
Broadcast (Prod.)
Al Jazeera Witness
Language
Mandarin Chinese

Photos

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