China: The Wild East

USA, 1995

Director/Screenwriter: Peter Kaufman
Producers: Peter Kaufman, Xiao Zhen Jiang
Cinematographers: Mitchell Farkas, Rick Fichter, Philip Kaufman
Editor: Ruby L. B. Yang
Music: Tan Dun
Print Source: Turner Pictures
96 minutes

Narrated by Philip Kaufman (who also executive produced and provided some camarawork), this new documentary provides a fascinating and quite revealing overview of China's headlong rush into the 21st Century, addressing the historical background, societal mind-set and contemporary changes enveloping the world's most populous country.