Smog Journeys

Smog Journeys

Clean Air Doesn't Come to Those Who Wait

2015 · 7 min · ★ 5.6 · Family, Drama

Jia Zhangke's short film for Greenpeace East Asia depicts the effects of air pollution in northeast China, a region frequently blanketed in dangerous levels of air pollution. 'Smog Journeys' traces two families from two different backgrounds; one a mining family in Hebei province, and the other a trendy middle class family in Beijing. Both face a similar fate. Air pollution is one of China's most pressing environmental and health issues. Greenpeace calls for a shift from coal to clean renewable energy, as well as short term measures that better safeguard people's health.

Directed by Jia Zhangke · Written by Jia Zhangke

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