Under the Dome
2015 · 104 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 500 VOTES · DIR. Cissie Fan, Chai Jing
Overview
Chai Jing's documentary about the massive smog problem in China. Chai Jing started making the documentary when her as yet unborn daughter developed a tumour in the womb, which had to be removed very soon after her birth. Chai blames air pollution for the tumour. The film, which combines footage of a lecture with interviews and factory visits, has been compared with Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth in both its style and likely impact. The film openly criticises state-owned energy companies, steel producers and coal factories, as well as showing the inability of the Ministry of Environmental Protection to act against the big polluters.
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00:00:06 In just one month, there were 25 days of smog
00:05:51 What is smog?
00:10:46 These are the best ski slopes for us
00:16:00 Yeah, it's not clean (there)
00:20:15 In terms of PM2.5 levels
00:24:06 You can see how bright China is
00:28:14 So where does all this coal end up being used in China?
00:32:52 I used to argue with Hao
00:36:57 so he asked someone to put flypaper on his body
00:40:59 12% of all residents
00:44:34 have exceptionally high toxicity
00:48:13 The situation is that we didn't pursue this issue further
00:52:07 But Iran's problem is
00:55:40 Many people will say
01:00:38 All along, I have wanted to know why
01:04:59 Everyone tells me, 'Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection...'
01:09:36 This is what it was like back in those days
01:16:41 Don't forget, this is an industry too
01:21:29 Two of the people in charge went to jail
01:25:09 Well, you have to find alternative employment
01:28:40 and a monopoly can't innovateï¼?
01:32:05 I attended
01:35:49 Everywhere in the building
01:39:28 Right at this moment