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 / Modified jul 25, 2014 1:01 p.m.

POV: Fallen City

Journey from a devastated city in China to a new city nearby, a heartbreaking trip for survivors. Monday at 10 p.m. on PBS 6.

pov_fallen_city_looking-down_spot Li Mingshan, Brother Peng's father-in-law, looking down on the old city from the mountain top.
In today’s go-go China, an old city completely destroyed by a devastating earthquake can be rebuilt — boasting new and improved civic amenities — in an astoundingly quick two years. But, as “Fallen City” reveals, the journey from the ruined old city of Beichuan to the new Beichuan nearby is long and heartbreaking for the survivors. Three families struggle with loss — most strikingly the loss of children and grandchildren — and feelings of loneliness, fear and dislocation that no amount of propaganda can disguise. First-time director Qi Zhao offers an intimate look at a country torn between tradition and modernity.

POV: Fallen City, Monday at 10 p.m. on PBS 6.

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