Horst in Translation ([email protected])
"The Dying Rooms" is a British 38-minute documentary by Kate Blewett and Brian Woods from 1995, so this one had its 20th anniversary already and the focus here is on the consequences of the one-child policy in China, consequences for new-born baby girls that. It is a shocking little film I must say and even if it is painfully heartbreaking to watch at times, I cannot emphasize enough how much you need to watch this one. We really should be ashamed that this film is so criminally underseen as honestly, especially with how little we know about China in detail in the western world, it is so insightful and how, you will ask yourself, how can humans be such gruesome beasts to let things like that happen. What went wrong? The final parts about the little girl that this film is dedicated to and that this film is the only thing that keeps her memory alive is especially tragic and if you are human and not dead inside, then there is no way it won't wet your eyes looking at her eyes. Maybe ignorance and blending out are sometimes the better way, but I don't think this applies to this special BAFTA winning movie. It must be seen, it needs to be seen by everybody who comes across it and teach us about things like these and that they should never ever happen again. The ending truly broke my heart. Please watch this movie. It is incredibly touching, insightful and informative and the only negative thing I can say about it is that it is so short and that it far from received the (awards) attention it should have.
