The Chinese Mayor

Zhou Hao

 

A daring insight into how power works in the Chinese Communist Party, focused through the mission of one local mayor who is determined to transform the coal-mining center of Datong into a tourism haven (showcasing clean energy). In order to revitalize the city, he must first destroy it. With remarkable access, the film follows him out and about facing battles on the street, mostly from within the Communist party itself.

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