Five young Hong Kongers, equipped with digital camcorders, help filmmaker Ruby Yang create a portrait of a city in transition.

Citizen Hong Kong

How are ordinary people adapting to China's transformation - market economies, globalization, small families? Using compact digital video gear filmmakers Ruby Yang and Lambert Yam track four Chinese families as they step into the 21st century. Opting for the personal over the abstract, China 21 introduces lively and appealing people who would be lost in a bigger picture.

China 21

A year in the life of children in the Province of Anhui in China, who have lost their parents to AIDS. Traditional obligations to family and village collide with terror of the disease.

The Blood of Yingzhou District

A Chinese-American philanthropist speaks frankly about his status as a gay man, his experience with AIDS while growing up in the U.S., and what led him to give up a lucrative career in investment banking to work with gay men in China and others at risk of AIDS.

Chung To: Close Up & Personal

Documentary about the experience of the Chinese in San Francisco's Chinatown, told through the films they loved. This retrospective film retells the immigrant story, and revives the emotions felt by audiences in Chinatown's theaters. An uplifting reflection on how cinema shaped the community, and a tribute to the Chinatown theater movie-goers.

A Moment in Time

Villagers in a remote district of central China take on a chemical company that is poisoning their water and air. For five years they fight to transform their environment and as they do, they find themselves transformed as well.

The Warriors of Qiugang

A Hong Kong documentary directed by Oscar winner Ruby Yang, chronicles the trials and tribulations of a group of under-privileged middle school students as they undergo six months of vigorous training to produce a musical on stage.