Takeaway China: The Old Donkey

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Dir. Li Ruijun 
2010, 112 mins
Mandarin w/ English subtitles

It is winter in the northern Chinese province of Dansu. In order to build a chemical factory, poor farmers in the village of Gaotai are driven off their land by a local businessman and the party bosses of the Communist village council. But 84-year-old Ma, nicknamed 'the old donkey', refuses to leave his field, and he just happens to have a crucial piece of land.