From Somewhere to Nowhere
Director Villi Hermann
Countries
Duration 86 min
Synopsis
High-population centers of enormous size are springing up in China with dizzying speed. With them comes an increased demand for migrant workers in the construction sector, factories and mines. Some 150 million people have already set out from underdeveloped rural provinces to earn their living in the growth centers of China. Swiss filmmaker Villi Hermann together with Swiss photographer Andreas Seibert, who is based in Tokyo, accompanied migrant workers (mingong) over a period of several years in order to document their lives and work. These laborers allowed them to film and photograph their efforts to find a better life and a brighter future. Filmed in the provinces of: Sichuan, Hebei, Hunan, Guangdong, Liaoning, Chongqing, Shanxi, Jangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Inner Mongolia A.R.
High-population centers of enormous size are springing up in China with dizzying speed. With them comes an increased demand for migrant workers in the construction sector, factories and mines. Some 150 million people have already set out from underdeveloped rural provinces to earn their living in the growth centers of China. Swiss filmmaker Villi Hermann together with Swiss photographer Andreas Seibert, who is based in Tokyo, accompanied migrant workers (mingong) over a period of several years in order to document their lives and work. These laborers allowed them to film and photograph their efforts to find a better life and a brighter future. Filmed in the provinces of: Sichuan, Hebei, Hunan, Guangdong, Liaoning, Chongqing, Shanxi, Jangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Inner Mongolia A.R.