From director Petr Lom comes this metaphorical documentary that follows four Xinjiang province orphans learning the ancient practice of tightrope walking -- a tradition handed down by the Uighurs, China's biggest Muslim minority. But the government forbids the children from professing their faith, leaving them torn between Islamic values and those of atheistic communism. The film is the first in a trilogy about human rights in oppressive regimes.
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Petr Lom Director
United States release January 1, 2007 · Produced in Norway · Production TSR, Channel 4 Television
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Piraya Film
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TSR
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Channel 4 Television
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Piraya Film A/S
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Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
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Norway
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English
Release dates
Netherlands · November 23, 2006
IDFA Festival
United States · January 1, 2007
Theatrical
Armenia
July 12, 2007 · Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival
Brazil
October 19, 2007 · Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo
Croatia
February 26, 2007 · Zagreb Dox Film Festival
Estonia
July 1, 2007 · Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival
France
March 1, 2008 · Festival International Jean Rouch
Germany
October 5, 2007 · Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival
Indonesia
December 6, 2009 · Jakarta International Film Festival
Israel
March 15, 2007 · DocAviv, Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
Kosovo
August 3, 2007 · DokuFest - Prizren International Documentary and Short Film Festival
New Zealand
September 27, 2007 · DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival
Norway
March 14, 2007 · Eurodok Festival
Poland
December 1, 2006 · Watch Docs Film Festival
Romania
October 22, 2007 · Astra Film Festival Sibiu
Russia
September 1, 2007 · Flahertiana International Documentary Film Festival
Sweden
January 27, 2007 · Göteborg International Film Festival
Switzerland
March 7, 2008 · International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights
Taiwan
September 28, 2007 · Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 14, 2007 · Contact International Documentary Film Festival
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