A harrowing investigation, Petition looks at the world of "petitioners," people who come to Beijing from all parts of China in order to plead their case against injustices, and who find themselves embroiled in a no-exit situation which leaves them homeless and impoverished. Living in makeshift shelters in the now-demolished "Petition Village," they wait for months or years to obtain justice. The director continued filming right up to the start of the Olympic Games, showing that the troubling contradictions of China continue in the midst of powerful economic expansion. (2009, 124 min, digital video)

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