This film is dedicated to the migrant workers and their families.
CHANGHUA ZHANG
SUQIN CHEN
QIN ZHANG
YANG ZHANG
TINGSUI TANG
LUO HU
YONG LUO
GUIFAN XIONG
FU LUO
YALI XIONG
ZUNFAN ZHOU
ZHIHUA ZHAO
WENGUANG TAN
BO ZHOU
YONGJUN HUANG
FENYING ZENG
ZHUYING CHEN
YAOYUAN QIANG
WANGUO WANG
ZHENGWEI QIAN
SHAOQIN QIAN
JIAQIU CHEN
QINQIN AI
RENLIN CHEN
QIONG CAI
ZHONGMING WU
ZHONGBIAO XIAO
CHUNHONG LI
SHIZHANG LIU
HONGXIA LI
MANZHONG CUI
XINGLAN TAN
DEXUAN DAI
AIPING DAI
DAQIONG WANG
XIUZHEN DONG
JINHONG LI
ZHIJUN TANG
MING YE
RENQIONG XIAO
TING XIAO
YU XIAO
MINGFEI WEN
AH LIAN
AH LIN
YAN LI
Director
LIXIN FAN
Editor
LIXIN FAN
MARY STEPHENS
Director of Photography
LIXIN FAN
Camera Operators
SHAOGUANG SUN
LIXIN FAN
Music
OLIVIER ALARY
Produced by
MILA AUNG-THWIN
DANIEL CROSS
Executive Producers
DANIEL CROSS
MILA AUNG-THWIN
QI ZHAO
Co-Producer
BOB MOORE
Production Supervisors
MICHAEL MK SIU
BOB MOORE
Camera Assistant
XINGBAO FU
Sound Recordist
LIMING FAN
Production Coordinator
YI HAN
DANIELA FLORI
Production Assistant
XINGBAO FU
XIAOYU NIU
Cultural Consultant
LILIAN LIU
Post-Production Supervisor
MICHAEL MK SIU
Story Editor
DANIEL CROSS
Editing Consultants
YUNG CHANG
PETER WINTONICK
Initial Picture Editor
MARY STEPHEN
Additional Picture Editor
HANNELE HALM
Assistant Editors
YI HAN
XI FENG
On-line Editor
MICHAEL MK SIU
Colorists
ERIC GAUDRY
FRANCIS HANNEMAN
Post-Production Assistants
EDMUND DUFF
ANJET BLINDE
Supervising Sound Editor
CORY RIZOS
Sound Designer
CORY RIZOS
Dialogue Editor and ADR Recordist
KYLE STANFIELD
Re-recording Mixers
GAVIN FERNANDES (C.A.S.)
CORY RIZOS
Sound Mix Assistant
ISABELLE LUSSIER
Foley Artists
JACQUES ALEXANDRE LEVESQUE
PAUL HUBERT
Foley Recordist
NICOLAS DALLAIRE
ERIC LAGACÉ
Music Recording Engineer
TIM GOWDY
Music Recording Studio
CHROMATIC AUDIO MONTREAL
Marketing Supervisor
HALIMA OUARDIRI
Project Administrator
ANUJ KHOSLA
Project Accountant
ANUJ KHOSLA
Book Keeping
LAURA WILLS
Titles
XI FENG
ANJET BLINDE
Subtitles
JÉRÔME BLANCHET
ROCK PINARD
XI FENG
HALIMA OUARDIRI
ANJET BLINDE
EDMUND DUFF
Translation Supervisor
MAN XIE
XUE HUANG
Translation
JIN WANG
XUE HUANG
NAOMI MIAO
WENWEN HAN
WANYAN SUN
JIFAN YANG
WENLONG DING
Transcription
JIN WANG
LIMING FAN
XIN YANG
Still Photographers
WEISHAN TAN
LIXIN FAN
LIMING FAN
Legal Counsel
DEAN CHENOY – HEENAN BLAIKIE
Special thanks to
XIAOWEI WU
HAO ZHOU
JONATHAN CHHENG
JULIEN CHHENG
JULIE CHHENG
IVAN ZHANG
JIN WANG
XIULAN GUO
BEIYAN SHI
XINGWEI WU
YE SHEN
CHUNRONG SHI
XIA LI
RONG FAN
HONG LIU
BEN TSIANG
HAIBING DU
MINGJUN YANG
XIAOGUANG ZHANG
XIAOLIN XIE
TIAN YI HE
Special thanks to
CHRIS AUNG-THWIN
MARCO LUNA-BARAHONA
ERIC ROACH DENIS
BRETT GAYLOR
OMAR MAJEED
GARY EVANS
JOHN CHRISTOU
RYAN MULLINS
GENEVIEVE DANFORTH
ALLEGRA YOUNG
DREW WILLIAMSON
TONY ASIMAKOPOULOS
SANDRA WHIPHAM
CARA MERTES
MICHAELIN MCDERMOTT
MAXIME CHALIFOUX
BENOIT FELICI
MILENA COLLOT
HILLARY DORT
ROBIN SMITH
SALIA QIAO
SHUIBO WANG
CONNOR HIGGINS
MAGENTA BARIBEAU
BACHIR BOUMEDIENE
SHERREN LEE
LAURA BARI
MARK ELLAM
RAHDI TAYLOR
KRISTIN FEELEY
GABRIEL SPENCER-CROSS
NATHANIEL SPENCER-CROSS
SKYLER AUNG-THWIN
XAVIER AUNG-THWIN
LAYLA BAART-GAYLOR
LIAM CHE DENIS
RICHARD BOYCE
MITCHELL KEZIN
PASCAL MAEDER
MARIE-EVE TREMBLAY
KARINA GARCIA CASANOVA
ANNE VIERHOUT
YORINDE SEGAL
CHARLIE PHILLIPS
Special thanks to
CHINA CENTRAL NEWS ARCHIVAL STUDIO
GUANGZHOU RAILWAY BUREAU
CHENGDU RAILWAY BUREAU, CHONGQING BRANCH
XINTANG MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
GUANG’AN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
SEVEN CLUB
Music
“Xiaotu Guaiguai”
Lyrics by ZEBING HUA
Recorded and Performed by LIJUN ZHENG
“Xia Si Chuan”
Song arranged by ZHONGLU ZHU
Performed by GUIZHOU LI
Crédit d’impot cinéma et télévision – Gestion SODEC
The Canadian Film and Video Production Tax Credit
In association with ITVS INTERNATIONAL
ITVS International is made possible by The Ford Foundation,
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Executive Producer, SALLY JO FIFER
VP Programming, CLAIRE AGUILAR
Program Manage, CYNTHIA KANE
Coordinating Producer, CHRISTI COLLIER
Produced and Developed in association with
SUPERCHANNEL
Executive in charge of production
JUSTIN REBELO
Produced in association with
CHANNEL 4
Executive in charge of production
TABITHA JACKSON
TV5
Executive in charge of production
NATHALIE D’SOUZA
With the financial support of
THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
This film was supported by a grant from
THE SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM
This Documentary has been realized with the support of the JAN VRIJMAN FUND
Produced with the assistance of
THE CANWEST-HOT DOCS COMPLETION FUND
Produced with the assistance of
YUANFANGMEDIA
With the support of
HONGYAN LIU
XUEHAI WANG
MUZI LI
Copyright 2009 Eyesteel (LTH) Productions Inc.