The Warriors of Qiugang is a 39-minute documentary film that chronicles the story of the Chinese village of Qiugang (pop. 1,900 in ca. 2010), in the suburbs of Bengbu

Bengbu

Bengbu , formerly known as P'engpu and Peng-pu, is a prefecture-level city with a population of 3,164,467 at the last census in northern Anhui Province, People's Republic of China...

 City in Anhui

Anhui

Anhui is a province in the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny...

 Province in central-eastern

East China

East China is a geographical and a loosely-defined cultural region that covers the eastern coastal area of China.Although an intangible and loosely defined concept, for administrative and governmental purposes, the region is defined by the government of the People's Republic of China to include...

 China. It tells how a group of Chinese villagers put an end to the poisoning of their land and water by three chemical plants, the worst being Jiucailuo Chemical. It was directed and produced by Academy Award winners Ruby Yang

Ruby Yang

Ruby Yang , is a Chinese American filmmaker.Originally from Hong Kong, Yang has worked on a range of feature and documentary films exploring Chinese themes as director and editor. Her work has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, winning once and received other awards including the Emmy...

 and Thomas F. Lennon, respectively. Guan Xin was the field producer and cinematographer.
The film was nominated for an Oscar for best Documentary Short Subject but lost to Strangers No More.

External links

• The Warriors of Qiugang, official website.
• The Warriors of Qiugang, Watch the full film at Yale Environment 360 (Yale University)
• "Detoxing" China's Hui River, Pacific Environment, 2008
• AMPAS Press Release, October 13, 2010