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To Live Is Better Than To Die
好死不如赖活着
2003 88 min China
★7.1
Documentary
Director: Weijun Chen
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Description
In the 1990s HIV/AIDS came to Wenlou through a blood purchasing program. To supplement their income many poor villagers sold their blood and 60% of those who sold blood contracted HIV/AIDS from unsanitary equipment. Many have died from the disease. In his documentary film, To Live is Better than to Die, Wiejun Chen tells of the impact AIDS has had in parts of rural China by showing how it has affected the Ma family. It is spring when the film takes up the family’s story.
Starring
Shenyi Ma
Actor
Mei Lei
Actor
Ningning Ma
Actor
Awards
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