To Live Is Better Than To Die (2003)

Directed by Weijun Chen1h 28mDocumentary

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.

Year

2003

Country

Language

Mandarin

Release date

1 January 2003

TMDB

8.3 (3)

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