Tiexi District

2003 • 1 Season • Ended

"Tiexi District" documents the last day of the great socialist experiment, a sorrowful afternoon marked by scattered dishes and a sense of desolation. Looking at the impact of the decline of heavy industry on workers and their families in the Tiexi district of Shenyang, China, at the turn of the 21st century, documented unflinchingly by a fly-on-the-wall camera.

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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2002) - Wang Bing [...

Episodes

E1. The Factory "Rust" Part 1

126 min

The first portion, "Rust," follows a group of factory workers in three state-run factories: a smelting plant, an electric cable factory and a sheet me...

E2. The Factory "Rust" Part 2

118 min

Continuation of Part One, documenting the workers in large factory

E3. Yanfen Street "Remnants"

178 min

The second part, "Remnants" follows the families of many of the workers in an old state-run housing block, "Rainbow Row." In particular, Wang focuses...

E4. The Railway "Rails"

134 min

The third part, "Rails" narrows its focus to a single father and son who scavenge the rail yards in order to sell raw parts to the factories. With the...