The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006)
A year in the life of children in the remote villages of Anhui Province, China, who have lost their parents to AIDS. Traditional obligations to family and village collide with terror of the disease.
Producer: Thomas Lennon | Director: Ruby Yang
79th Academy Awards
Best Documentary Short Subject Winner
Grand Jury Award
2006 AFI Silverdocs Film Festival
2009 Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia Awards
Columbia University
Humanitarian Award
2006 Chicago International Documentary Film Festival
Jury Prize
2007 DocumentaMadrid International Film Festival
More awards listed on IMDB.
Video on demand:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bloodofyzdistrict2006
The Blood of Yingzhou District Revisted (2013)
After 10 years, much has changed for the children featured in “The Blood of Yingzhou District”.