Introducing
The Last Breadbox, a new kind of China documentary:
gritty, guerrilla, and scored with the latest in underground
Beijing rock. This is a no-seatbelts look at a city in metamorphosis,
told through the eyes of three Beijing cabbies awaiting the
decision for the 2008 Olympic host city. One is retrenched
and looking for work, one is a woman struggling in a male-dominated
industry, and another is obsessed with building the perfect
fish tank. As the date of the Olympic decision nears, the
drivers face the same dilemma: Beijing's bid is forcing members
of their families out of their homes, jobs are harder to find,
and the city is cracking down on cabbies.
Culminating
in the heart of the celebrations, The Last Breadbox
offers the inside story of three Beijingers expressing what
it is to be Chinese, to be taxi drivers, and why the Beijing
Olympics will change the face of China.
