China's Haze: Under the Doom

Name: China's Haze: Under the Doom
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-02-28
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Chai Jing

穹顶之下

8.0 (25)2015-02-281h 44m

Documentary

Overview

Chai Jing's documentary about the massive smog problem in China. Chai Jing started making the documentary when her as yet unborn daughter developed a tumour in the womb, which had to be removed very soon after her birth. Chai blames air pollution for the tumour. The film, which combines footage of a lecture with interviews and factory visits, has been compared with Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth in both its style and likely impact. The film openly criticises state-owned energy companies, steel producers and coal factories, as well as showing the inability of the Ministry of Environmental Protection to act against the big polluters.

Budget: $160,000
Production: 柴静