If you want to fully grasp the impact of globalization on scales both large and small, look no further than Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home. An indirect companion piece to Yung Chang’s toweringly great Up the Yangtze (which was also produced by the Montreal production company EyeSteelFilm), Last Train Home is a visually breathtaking, emotionally devastating achievement that humanizes the massively complex issue of globalization by focusing on one Chinese family as they struggle to make ends meet.

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(Antoine screens on Monday 4/27, Tuesday 4/28, and Friday 5/1 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Visit the film’s official website for more information.) In the dark, five-year-old Antoine Houang fumbles around to draw the blinds to let the morning light […]

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