''The Chinese Mayor'' (), original title ''Datong'' (大同), is a 2015 documentary that follows Datong mayor

Geng Yanbo Geng Yanbo (; born November 1958) is a Chinese politician who served as the mayor of Datong from 2008 to 2013 and the mayor of Taiyuan from 2013 to 2019. Biography Geng was born in Heshun County, Shanxi, in November 1958. He entered the workf ...

's efforts to transform one of the China's most polluted cities into a cultural destination, in large part by displacing 500,000 residents (about 200,000 homes demolished) to reconstruct the 14th century Ming Dynasty walls of the Old City.

Premiere

The film's American premiere occurred at the Sundance Festival, where it was awarded a "Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Access"

Accolades

Reviews

The film received favorable reviews, but as of the summer of 2015 the film was still seeking an American distribution partner. In the US, the film can be rented on YouTube. On 10 February 2019, ''

BBC World News BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and ...

'' televised the documentary.

References

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