‘Beijing Besieged by Waste’ Doc Screening | UC Berkeley

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While China’s rise commands world attention, less light has been shed upon the colossal problem of waste generated by a burgeoning population, expanding industry, and rapacious urban growth.

Director Wang Jiuliang turns his lens upon the grim spectacle of garbage, excrement, refuse, and wreckage heaped upon the landscape that surrounds China’s mega-metropolis, Beijing. Eking out a precarious and hazardous living within are the scavengers, mostly rural migrants, who struggle to maintain familial and cultural structures amid the bleakest of occupations.

There’s events all day in the IEAS Conference Room, starting a Symposium with guest speakers from 2 pm to 4:45. Come at 5 pm for a free screening in documentary “Beijing Besieged by Waste.” There’s a discussion with the filmmaker immediately after the movie.

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