a Sony Pictures classics release ; Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia presents ; a Guangxi film and Beijing New Picture production ; screenplay, Shi Xiangsheng ; producer, Zhao Yu ; director, Zhang Yimou
a film essay by Allan Sekula & Noël Burch ; written & directed by Allan Sekula, Noël Burch ; narration written ... by Allan Sekula ; produced by Doc.Eye Film, Amsterdam in co-production with WilDart Film, Vienna