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Travels by Tricycle
Wang Dongdong, China, documentary, 42 min., 2004
(Mandarin with subtitles)
Canadian Premiere
 Travels by Tricycle is a charming and fabulist adventure borne out of love. 74-year-old Wang Yimin is cycling across China on a custom built tricycle trailer with his 98-year-old mother sitting in the back. She has yearned to see China, but never had the opportunity to leave her small apartment. Pedalling along busy highways, up steep dirt hillsides, through thick rain storms and into crowded markets he travels with a fortitude and emotional stamina that does not lapse. For over a year, Wang and his mother trek across their country in a simple tour motored by filial devotion. Modern, industrial China serves as the backdrop for a journey rooted in Confucian principles. – M.S.L
Wang Dongdong was born and raised in Harbin, China where he also started his filmmaking career at the Heilongjian Television Station, producing and directing numerous documentaries. He has received national acclaim for such films as GrowingUp, Xue Xia’s Three Days, Maliyasuo’s Winter, and The Happy Life of Miao Oing’s Family. He is currently working on his doctoral degree in Harbin Institute of Technology.
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