{"id":42167,"date":"2025-12-17T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/4848927_AE48927_0"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:06:00","slug":"documentary-series-a-long-cherished-dream-tells-dream-chasing-stories-of-ordinary-chinese-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=42167","title":{"rendered":"Documentary Series A Long Cherished Dream Tells Dream-Chasing Stories of Ordinary Chinese People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">BEIJING<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 17, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Perhaps you still remember the warm but powerful short documentary&nbsp;<i>The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life<\/i>, in which the heroine got rid of sorrow and pain through art, and meditate on the vicissitudes of individual life in <i>Prisoner of Paradise<\/i>. <span class=\"xn-person\">Malcolm Clarke<\/span>, a British director in the film industry for over 40 years, has been good at projecting a panoramic view of society with individual stories, reflecting the relationship between the great times and the fate of ordinary people, and showing a strong spiritual core in short films.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder4961\" align=\"center\" readability=\"7\">\n<p title=\"Documentary Series A Long Cherished Dream - Episode 1\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ONJA7eBSlKY\" frameborder=\"0\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;<\/iframe><br \/><span>Documentary Series A Long Cherished Dream &#8211; Episode 1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A female truck driver, an acrobat performer, a group of private entrepreneurs&#8230; What will happen when they become the protagonists in a documentary film where their joys, sorrows, and all the ups and downs of their lives were recorded on camera? This is the appeal of <span class=\"xn-person\">Malcolm Clarke&#8217;s<\/span> documentary series presented by China Review Studio <i>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ONJA7eBSlKY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Long Cherished Dream<\/a>&#8220;<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder8761\" align=\"center\" readability=\"7\">\n<p title=\"Documentary Series A Long Cherished Dream - Episode 2\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qiJigf5ftFk\" frameborder=\"0\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;<\/iframe><br \/><span>Documentary Series A Long Cherished Dream &#8211; Episode 2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>A Long Cherished Dream<\/i> is a four-part documentary series: <i>A Room of Their Own, Drive Like A Girl, Leap of Faith<\/i> and <i>The Tie That Binds<\/i>. <span class=\"xn-person\">Malcolm Clarke<\/span> takes an objective and level-headed approach, choosing a series of ordinary people from different regions and occupations in <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>, telling their stories of striving for a &#8220;moderately prosperous&#8221; life. The 120-minute film only presents a representative part of <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> history of change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder6366\" align=\"center\" readability=\"7\">\n<p title=\"Documentary Series A Long Cherished Dream - Episode 3\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rwdwChRQdcU\" frameborder=\"0\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;<\/iframe><br \/><span>Documentary Series A Long Cherished Dream &#8211; Episode 3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The film won Best Documentary Series of The 28th <span class=\"xn-location\">Shanghai<\/span> TV Festival Magnolia Awards, Best Documentary Short of The 12<sup>th<\/sup> Edition of Chicago Indie Film Awards, Bronze Remi Award of The 55<sup>th<\/sup> WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2022, and was in the official selections of Doc Edge Film Festival 2022, American Documentary And Animation Film Festival and Film Fund 2022, Flickers&#8217; <span class=\"xn-location\">Rhode Island<\/span> International Film Festival 2022, and Santa Fe International Film Festival 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2891\" align=\"center\" readability=\"7\">\n<p title=\"Documentary Series A Long Cherished Dream - Episode 4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RDIzw8oZLUo\" frameborder=\"0\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;<\/iframe><br \/><span>Documentary Series A Long Cherished Dream &#8211; Episode 4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, Dec. 17, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Perhaps you still remember the warm but powerful short documentary&nbsp;The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, in which the heroine got rid of sorrow and pain through art, and meditate on the vicissitudes of individual life in Prisoner of Paradise. 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