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1 x 60', U.S. Public TV, additional TBD. When American filmmaker Bill Einreinhofer arrived in China 30 years ago, he had no idea it was the first of what would be many visits. Or that over three decades, this Emmy Award winning producer/director would create dozens of films and stories in and about China. In the process, he would track down and rediscover rare and important Chinese film footage. Today he has one of the largest privately held collections of 20th Century Chinese non-fiction film in North America. In China: Frame by Frame, Bill Einreinhofer shares with viewers his personal story of discovering China, and its history, through long forgotten film footage. It is a detective story, in which he searches for priceless films gathering dust in musty old film vaults, or their digital equivalents, in an era where online historic images can be found everywhere and nowhere. At the same time, he tells how over a period of 30+ years he saw China change before his eyes. In doing so, he introduces individuals who experienced firsthand an era typified by the Chinese term "reform and opening."

1. full program
2. unedited field footage shot in China and the United States
3. public domain footage

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