China Movies

Livestreaming your life to a devoted audience is big business. What happens when the cameras are off?

For Chinese parents, finding out that their kid is gay usually presents a major tragedy, with the big majority utterly unable to accept the...

Could our mounting modern problems have ancient solutions? Travel to the depths of China to find out.

A glimpse into the lives of 4 Shanghai teenagers.

The story of a group of plateau oil rig workers and how their lives change when they move from the rural grasslands and into the city.

The Chinese company Huawei wants to expand 5G worldwide and is well advanced in the development of the technology. With the help of 5G, entire...

Three farming families in Hanyuan, China, strive to give their children a good life in the midst of an ecological crisis, as widespread use of...

Cao Fei recorded her experiences within the online social platform Second Life. The result is a wistful, surreal vision of an alternative reality...

FRONTLINE examines the rise of Xi Jinping, his vision for China and the global implications. Correspondent Martin Smith traces the defining moments...

A cicada is resting high on a tree. It is chirping for all it’s worth and drinking in the dew, oblivious of a mantis behind. The mantis,...

A song is heard in the distance. It comes from the Hekeng village, famous for its ancient earthen buildings, also called tulou. It is where the last...

In a quiet village in southern China, Fang Xiuying is sixty-seven years old. Having suffered from Alzheimer's for several years, with advanced...

The supermarket chains used to seem unbeatable, capturing the lion’s share of the grocery market. But for some years now they have been in...

A documentary about young people from rural China who get payed to improve World of Warcraft characters for kids in the West.

"Disturbing the Peace" is a documentary of an incident during Tan Zuoren's trial on August 12, 2009. Tan Zuoren was charged with inciting subversion...

Shot by Methodist missionaries, this is an incredibly charming record of small-town life in an unidentified location in China. We see a bustling...

A story about coming to the end of your journey as an expat in China, told through the lens of the films that inspired us.

A cable system designed by controversial Chinese company Huawei Technologies enables communication between an expert and a machine. Time succumbs to...

Women in China is a timely two-part documentary on the conditions of women in today's economically -oriented Chinese society. By visiting four...