Americaville

"Highly Recommended. It's a highly entertaining and illuminating documentary and will be of broad general interest as well as specific to those interested in Chinese Studies, American Studies, and anthropology."

"Captivating documentary...an intriguing and intimate exploration of how this group of people pursue happiness while grappling with some dire consequences of China's fervid urbanization...Americaville has succeeded in diving beneath that surface and unveiling some of the personal struggles experienced by the well-to-do. As such, Americaville contributes to a more nuanced understanding of urban China by tracing the urbanites' movement to the countryside...[Social stratification worsened by economic inequality] is laced into the main storyline in a skillful and subtle way that while it seems to be lurking in the background, it forms the ineluctable mirror image of the rich, and thus enhances our understanding of their distinct and yet interlinked life worlds."

"Provides amazing insight not only into the way other cultures view life in the United States but also shines a spotlight on many aspects of life in China"

"Tells the story of an America overseas — an America according to China"
— The Center

ArchFilmLund, Best Feature Documentary

OFFICIAL SELECTION
SF Doc Fest

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Salem Film Festival

Copenhagen Architecture Festival

Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam

SCREENED AT
US-China Institute and East Asian Studies Center, University of Southern California
Long Institute at the University of California – Irvine
Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California
Jackson Hole for the Arts presented by the Wyoming Humanities Council
Center of the AmericanWest at the University of Colorado