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Before The Flood II
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Title: Before The Flood II
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Title: We are concentrating on Gongtan Village on the Banks of the Wu River a tributary of the Yangtze River. We are looking at at some mist shrouded mountains. Title: January 2007 Slow pan to river and village
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Inside a house three men sit. One looks very ill, sleeping: Former boat puller Ran Qucai
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Narrow streets, people are waking up, smoking, Ran is now awake
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Photos and newspaper clippings on the wall
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a child take a dipper and has drink of water. Outside people complain about how the goverment does not care about ordinary people.
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They have bitter word for the gov. Say they all signed written protests and it made no difference.
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We the invalid man sitting up and listening to all this. Two women in a narrow alley.
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A large boat on fast moving river from POV of the village
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Village square. Title: Gongton Demo and Relocation Committee. Villagers stand, sit, wait, smoke.
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A man at the mic tells them to come closer but the villagers start to leave and shout “go away”
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The square is empty now. He tells them to stay and talk. He starts the meeting by reading from a paper.
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Chairman Ha takes the mic and address the onlookers. The crowd is not listening they talk amongst themselves.
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He says the committee will take general questions now. As he talks some villager set up a banner
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More with the banner. We see a small storefront. Title: Qingsong’s Barbershop. Ran talks to someone about the relocation houses and their price.
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A man walks between narrow streets announcing a meeting.
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We are at the meeting. Men stand in large groups. Women discuss faxing something to Chongqing
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Lights come on, everyone gather round some stairs. There are a few hundred people
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They talk about money they have gathered. Ran Qingsong talks to crowd. They need more money for their representatives in Beijing
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Some of those that went to Beijing will talk. They begin to explain step by step who the approached in Beijing.
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At the State Council they said they filled out a form and then told council that they, the villagers would not relocate until everything was arranged better. They want to make a DVD of the village.
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Daytime, Villagers mill around. A women climbs on a big back-hoe. They put banners on the heavy machinery.
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A cell phone shop owner Ran SI films it all on a tiny camera. Everyone shouts directions. Ran Qingsong starts narrating to the camera the issue.
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Close: He talks to the crowd. Tries to inspire them to stick together. They play the whole thing back on TV right there.
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Ran reads out of the State Councils book. Claims the government is breaking its own regulations.
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Says some houses that are legal, are now deemed illegal. They need a lit of issues resolved before the agree to move.
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Says if the come with bulldozer they will resist. we see a large boat being towed up stream
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Many men in orange hard hats are in the town. The villagers berate them
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things are getting tense on the streets between hard hats and villagers
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Ran Qingsong talks the relocation issue while giving a man a hair cut
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Talks about how hard it is for ordinary people to get access to higher levels of government. The hair cut is done
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Another man sits in the chair. The man who just had a hair cut talks about the need to follow the law. He has faith in the system
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Ran Q. talks about the the issue with another costumer
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One man is getting heated and tells Ran what to say the Relocation committee. Ran respond more calmly
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In the shop they talk, plan, recount stories of being treated unfairly
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They talk about the reality of getting arrested
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There are police sitting in a car outside Ran Si’s mobile phone repair shop. He talks on the phone while doing business. A customer haggles with him
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Police are parked outside Ran Q’s shop. People gather outside the barber shop
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To many people in the house. Ran SI tells them to come outside. Some come out.
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The crowd grows more loud and angry at the police. They squabble and Ran Q talks about his limited role in all this.
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Thing are getting even more heated and people make loud demands and statements.
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The two Ran’s talk about setting up the next meeting. Discuss problems communicating between them.
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They decide the meeting will be at 7:00 at the field. At the Barber shop, it is said that Ran SI has taken a job with the government.
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They discuss how they might be better off with a leaderless movement.
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While he shaves an older man, Ran Q. talks about how he did not want to become a leader.
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Narrow streets / Ran Q. sits in the invalids room and nods off. A few men talk the relocation issue,
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They talk about how important it is not to sell each other out. They worry about getting arrested
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Someone says that Ran SI did not take gov. money or contracts. That it was a rumour started by his aunt.
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They talk about mobilizing 50 families to make a difference. Some says they are taking things to far.
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Long shot of village and river at night / The old man the former boat puller Ran Qucai has died. A woman wails.
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People are gathered around the bed where he lies. the women wails. Dozens of people are lined up outside the house. A noisy funeral procession through narrow streets.
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They struggle up a very steep hill. They reach the gravesite. Long shot of misty mountains
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Candles and incense at or near the water
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Men carry a wardrobe on their backs and up stairs. People are moving their possessions out
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A man carries a fridge on his back and puts it in a truck. the truck moves off on a road
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Ran Q. is asked about how much money they raised and whether they made a difference. He says he is about to sign. There is nothing else to do.
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Ran is very disappointed in the people of Old Town. The men are bitter and swear a lot.
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Loaded trucks drive off, the village is quite. Title May 2007, there is rubble on the ground now everywhere.
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Women gather plants that they want to take.
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We move up stairs to a rubble strewn area, turn and look back over the river and the mess.
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We continue moving among the broken content and garbage. There is a dog
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The dog sniffs at piece of concert for a long time. We follow the dog through the ruins of the town. END
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