Great Wall Across the Yangtze provides an understanding of the benefits and consequences of the world's largest proposed dam, China's Three Gorges Project. The film, narrated by Martin Sheen, examines China's rapidly growing and changing society, and uncovers the economic and political forces behind the dam's construction, as well as its social, environmental and archeological impact.Length: 0:56:46 CC ST

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Produced in association with KQED and ITVS.

Additional information available at:
www.pbs.org/newshour (Elizabeth Farnsworth's report on the Three Gorges Dam for The Newshour) /main.html
www.itvs.org (The film's website and funder)
www.irn.org (for information about the International Rivers Network's Three Gorges Project)
www.chinavista.com (A commercial travel guide to the Yangtze River)
www.wws.princeton.edu (A research paper from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs)
www.floodwallstreet.org (The Three Gorges Action Coalition Website)