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China Run

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This film follows ultramarathoner Stan Cottrell as he travels over 2000 miles in 53 days from Beijing to Canton. Covering about 40 miles a day, Cottrell still has time to interact with a native Chinese populace about whom he knew virtually nothing before he started out. During his travels he draws connections between the grinding poverty in which he grew up and the peasant lives he encounters. He also bears witness to the tumultuous changes that China was undergoing at the time.
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Synopsis This film follows ultramarathoner Stan Cottrell as he travels over 2000 miles in 53 days from Beijing to Canton. Covering about 40 miles a day, Cottrell still has time to interact with a native Chinese populace about whom he knew virtually nothing before he started out. During his travels he draws connections between the grinding poverty in which he grew up and the peasant lives he encounters. He also bears witness to the tumultuous changes that China was undergoing at the time.
Director
Mickey Grant
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 32m