documentary on migrant workers in hangzhou wins top award
pan zhiqi's directorial documentary 24th street takes home the best feature-length documentary award of the festival. [photo provided to china daily]
in northeastern hangzhou's outskirts area nestles a block which is titled as 24th street. with the boom in real estate industry, the block has brought together a number of migrant workers since 2010.
pan zhiqi, a teacher of communication university of zhejiang, spent seven years following lao su, a migrant worker, and his girlfriend, and turned their story into a documentary called 24th street.
during the recently concluded 2nd west lake international documentary festival, an annual event to honor excellent documentaries, 24th street took home the best feature-length documentary award.
the festival, which ran from oct 18 to 20, was jointly held by administration of press, publication, radio, film and television of zhejiang province and the hangzhou-based china academy of art.
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