Watch This Haunting SevenMinute Film About Chinas Insane Air Pollution
Greenpeace East Asia today released a seven-minute film by director Jia Zhangke about China's toxic air. The impressionistic piece, Smog Journeys, follows two families  one rural, one urban  as they live, play, and work in the country's polluted northeast. "When it comes to smog, no matter what jobs we do, it is still a problem we all face," says Jia in an interview released online. Jia is one of China's most renowned filmmakers. His work is famously gritty, filled with tales of alienation and strife, and shot in shades of brown and gray. His last feature, A Touch of Sin 2013, was a critical hit abroad, but was considered too politically sensitive to be shown on the Chinese mainland.