Beijing Taxi

BEIJING TAXI is a feature-length documentary that vividly portrays the ancient capital of China undergoing a profound transformation. The intimate lives of three taxi drivers are seen through a humanistic lens as they navigate a quickly morphing city, confronting modern issues and changing values. The three protagonists radiate a warm sense of humanity despite the struggles that each faces in adapting to new realities of life in the modern city. With stunning imagery of Beijing and a contemporary score rich in atmosphere, BEIJING TAXI communicates a visceral sense of the common citizens' persistent attempts to grasp the elusive. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games serve as the backdrop for BEIJING TAXI's story, a coming out party for a rising nation and a metaphor for Chinese society and its struggles to reconcile enormous contradictions while adjusting to a new capitalist system that can seem foreign to some in the Communist-ruled and educated society. Candid and perceptive in its filming

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 164510
  • Status Released
  • Released United States of America March 15, 2010 (South by Southwest Film Festival) Sweden November 20, 2010 (Stockholm International Film Festival) Canada June 8, 2011 (Vancouver, British Columbia)
  • Runtime 78 minutes
  • Genres Documentary
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Production Company Three Waters Productions
  • Distributor Journeyman Pictures
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