They Chose China

A feature documentary by Oscar nominee Shuibo Wang, on the life and music of a group of rebellious punk rockers in China.

This film illustrates the life of the film director, Shui-Bo Wang in The People's Republic of China. We learn of the life of the director in his own words and images from a child steeped in the values of Chinese communism exemplified by Chairman Mao, to a young man striving to live up to those ideals both as an artist and a soldier.

After escaping the Holocaust and leaving behind his wife, German-born David Ludwig Bloch emigrated to Shanghai, China. There, he met a new love, Lily, whom he migrated to America with. Decades later, his two children, from two separate families and two separate lives, try to piece together the life of the enigmatic artist, David Bloch.