Broken Pots, Broken Dreams: Working in Jingdezhen's Porcelain Industry

Maris Boyd Gillette, Haverford College

Abstract

A documentary exploration of how shifts in official economic policies have affected the personal lives of porcelain industry workers in Jingdezhen, China. ... [It] chronicles the experiences of Jingdezhen's citizens as they made the transition from state worker to private entrepreneur. --documentary website