This Oscar-winning short documentary tells the story of a set of children affected by an AIDS outbreak in China as a result of their parents donating blood and re-injecting it for money. The Blood of Yingzhou District is sad story, but underdeveloped - either through soft filmmaking, lack of funding or political difficulties associated with filming this controversial story in China. A longer, more in-depth documentary would have been a better approach to this material. Still, it's a good start an bringing an important issue to the surface through film.
7.5 on the DaveScale.
(dir. Ruby Yang, China, 39 mins)
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