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Yung Chang
Yung Chang is the award-winning director of the feature documentaries Up the Yangtze (2007), China Heavyweight (2012), The Fruit Hunters (2013), This Is Not a Movie (2019) and Wuhan Wuhan (2021). Yung is an alumnus of the 2018 TIFF Writers’ Studio and the 2015 Sundance Institute Screenwriters and Directors Labs, where he developed his feature script Eggplant, slated for production in 2024. He is adapting Souvankham Thammavongsa’s How to Pronounce Knife into a limited series.
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The Fruit Hunters - Defenders of Diversity (Episode 2)Yung Chang 2013 43 minNarrated by Nature of Things's David Suzuki, Defenders of Diversity is the second part of a journey through the exotic, endlessly fascinating world of fruit - a story of nature, commerce, and obsession. The Fruit Hunters will change not only the way we look at what we eat but how we view our relationship to the natural world. -
The Fruit Hunters - The Evolution of Desire (Episode 1)Yung Chang 2013 43 minNarrated by Nature of Things's David Suzuki, The Evolution of Desire is the first part of a journey through the exotic, endlessly fascinating world of fruit - a story of nature, commerce, and obsession. The Fruit Hunters will change not only the way we look at what we eat but how we view our relationship to the natural world.
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Up the YangtzeYung Chang 2007 1 h 33 minThis award-winning documentary follows the Shiu family as their home is destroyed by the rising waters of China’s Yangtze River - a consequence of the Three Gorges Project, the largest hydroelectric dam in history.
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Earth to MouthYung Chang 2002 41 minFilmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesting of Asian vegetables destined for Chinese markets and restaurants. On 80 acres of land, Lau King-Fai, her son and a half-dozen migrant Mexican workers care for the plants. For Yeung Kwan, her son, the farm represents personal and financial independence. For his mother, it is an oasis of peace. For the Mexican workers, it provides jobs that help support their children back home.
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The Fruit HuntersYung Chang 2012 1 h 35 minHunting mangoes in Bali, elusive rare durian in Borneo, scouring Renaissance paintings for ancient, lost figs, uncovering the secrets of taste-bud-altering Miracle Fruit: The Fruit Hunters tells a story of adventure, desire and obsession.
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The Kudelka MethodYung Chang 2023 5 minAfter a lifetime in ballet—and honours including Officer of the Order of Canada, Dance Hall of Fame inductee and now, a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award —dancer, choreographer and professional breadmaker James Kudelka wonders, “What’s this all about?” Kudelka reflects on his relationship with ballet as a subversive art and an approach to life, examining his artistic practice as it changes in time and form.
