GLOBAL DOC DAYS: Brat Camp China

Director: Ang Aik Heng
Runtime: 50 minutes
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screening in: Global Doc Days: China

Screening Times

2:30 PM, Saturday March 8th - Austin Suite @ ACC - BADGES ONLY
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Synopsis:
Over a span of three months, this emotionally charged verite-style documentary traces the lives of four delinquents as they head towards a life-changing experience. Each student - some as young as eight - hails from a different background, but all are products of China's one child policy. Telling their stories in their own words, they are pushed well beyond their boundaries as they embark on a physically and emotionally rigorous journey towards maturity. Mainland China serves as the backdrop to this drama as these kids brave the toughest winter of their lives.

Director's Bio:
Aik Heng's first international documentary with Discovery Networks Asia, "Culinary China: Food For Thought", won a finalist award for "Best in Direction" in the 2005 Asia Television Awards. "Brat Camp China" was commissioned by National Geographic Channel in 2005 and he has just completed another documentary "Boxing Behind Bars" for the broadcaster.Ang Aik Heng was born in Singapore, and he graduated with a Communications Studies degree from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore in 2000.