TELEVISION

Tale of Two Cities

Series: Tale of Two Cities
4.5
(4)
Episodes
2
Rating
TVPG
Year
2017
Language
English

About

Two photographers from very different cultures swap cities. Chinese photographer Yu Haibo travels to Canberra to capture the young Australian capital, and Canberra photographer Lee Grant travels to Beijing to capture images of the ancient Chinese city. As the two of them photograph the sister cities, they discover new perspectives and come to realize that these two national capitals with their different types of government and their contrasting populations have much in common.

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1. Episode 1

41m

We become acquainted with the life and history of these two sister cities. One is ancient, with thousands of years of tradition, home to more than 20 million people; Beijing, Capital of the People's Republic of China.

2. Episode 2

43m

Beneath the surface of these cities, how do people live and work? What are the differences, what are the similarities, what are the stories? A worker at an iron-smelting factory in Beijing; a winemaker on the outskirts of Canberra; a Hansard reporter for Australia's Parliament; weddings, farmers' markets, and school playgrounds.

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