Connecticut Film Festival 2009

Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and for the Independent Spirit Award Best Documentary, Canadian Yung Chang established himself as one of the most powerful voices working in today’s documentary field. In China, Yangtze it is simply known as “The River.” But the Yangtze—and all of the life that surrounds it—is undergoing a truly astonishing transformation wrought by the largest hydroelectric project in history, the Three Gorges Dam. Yung Chang returns to the gorgeous, now-disappearing landscape of his grandfather’s youth to trace the surreal life of a “farewell cruise” that traverses the gargantuan waterway. One of most powerful yet delicate documentary about China made in the present times.

The director's personal inquiry into the truth behind her Uncle Danny Williams' mysterious 1966 disappearance as Andy Warhol's lover. May be the earliest known footage of Warhol's Velvet Underground.