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Lost Course

By Rob Rector | March 2021

Embedding herself into the impoverished fishing village of Wukan in southern China, first-time filmmaker Jill Li’s documentary, Lost Course, gains intimate, unprecedented access…

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Embedding herself into the impoverished fishing village of Wukan in southern China, first-time filmmaker Jill Li's documentary, Lost Course, gains...

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