Tuesday, May 12, 2009

HBO: CHINA'S UNNATURAL DISASTER: THE TEARS OF SICHUAN PROVINCE

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/chinasdisaster/index.html

Rated TV14: ADULT CONTENT, ADULT LANGUAGE
Running Time: 38 minutes
Genre: Documentary

On Monday, May 12, 2008, a catastrophic earthquake leveled the Sichuan Province in rural China. Nearly 70,000 people died, 10,000 of whom were children. Now, their grieving parents want justice from their government. This documentary visits with these parents in the days after the disaster as they unite in a festering anger, attempting to understand why children were allowed in such poorly constructed buildings, how government resources might have been misdirected by local officials--and why many of those same officials failed to respond to parents' concerns in the hours and days after the tragedy. (TV14)

Director(s): MATT O'NEILL, JON ALPERT

Schedule

Sat 5/16 01:15 PM HBO - WEST
Mon 5/18 08:45 PM HBO - WEST
Thu 5/21 04:00 PM HBO - WEST

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