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Before the Flood 2 -- Gong Tan -- Film Review


May 11, 2009 Chinese development documentary doesn't say anything new or enlightening. Gong Tan is a scaled-down look at a similar event taking place in another part of China where director Yan Yu chronicles the residents' identical struggles as they exist in a sociopolitical vacuum. Even with the current fascination with the documentary form, though, "Gong Tan" won't be able to rise above festival film status because of its brief running time and repetitiveness.

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