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2019102 minPGdocumentary

Urban Gentrification

City Dream

2019102 minPGdocumentary

An elderly street vendor in Wuhan faces the loss of his business due to the construction of a new retail district.

Urban Gentrification

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An elderly street vendor in Wuhan faces the loss of his business due to the construction of a new retail district.

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Weijun Chen

Weijun Chendirector

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Wang Tiancheng, a street vendor in Wuhan, China, faces challenges as a new retail district threatens his livelihood. At 102 minutes, *City Dream* follows his daily struggles and interactions as he fights to keep his business alive amid urban development. The film captures the tension between tradition and modernization in a rapidly changing city.

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