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Maineland

By Bobby LePire | March 2018

Miao Wang’s second feature-length documentary Maineland follows “parachute students”—a term referring to a massive influx of well-to-do students from China enrolling in…

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Miao Wang’s second feature-length documentary Maineland follows "parachute students"—a term referring to a massive influx of well-to-do students from...

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