Under the Dome (documentary)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Under the dome |
| Original title | 穹顶 之下 |
| Country of production | People's Republic of China |
| original language | Chinese |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Chai Jing |
Under the dome ( Chinese 穹顶 之下 , Pinyin qióngdǐng zhī xià - "Under the bell") is a Chinese documentary from 2015. The journalist Chai Jing deals with the causes and effects of the heavy smog that is prevalent in China lays a bell over numerous cities. According to scientific estimates, 350,000 to 500,000 people die each year in China as a result of air pollution.
The title Under the dome is borrowed from the science fiction novel of the same name by Stephen King and from a television series of the same name from the USA. Chai Jing's style is based on the documentary An Inconvenient Truth , in which Al Gore and Davis Guggenheim deal with climate change.
Under the Bell was published on the Chinese video platform Youku on February 28, 2015 . The People's Daily Renmin Ribao reported on the front page . Within 48 hours, the documentary was viewed over 126 million times on the Chinese Internet platform Tencent alone . There were at least 200 million hits in total. Environment Minister-designate Chen Jining signaled his support for the cause shortly before his inauguration. On March 6, just before the National People's Congress , the state censorship completely removed the film from the Chinese Internet.
Chai Jing financed the production costs entirely from private funds. Their own daughter was born with a benign tumor in 2006 . The doctors saw the reason for this in the enormous air pollution.
Web links
- Under the Dome in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Under the Dome with English subtitles onYouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ China's 'airpocalypse' kills 350,000 to 500,000 each year The Telegraph, Jan. 7, 2014
- ↑ Yuan Ren: Under the Dome: will this film be China's environmental awakening? The Guardian, March 5, 2015
- ↑ a b Bernhard Zand: China's censorship makes smog filmmaker mundane spiegel.de, March 6, 2015