Film on volunteers in quake zone to be screened in China

BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A digital document-drama using real quake volunteers and quake survivors as actors has begun shooting in quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province and will be screened in early September. The film, called "After the Wind and Rain", reveals how volunteers help schoolchildren to restore normality to their lives after the earthquake. "Wind and rain" is often used as a metaphor for disaster in Chinese. "It is likely to be broadcasted on the CCTV's (China Central Television) Movie Channel within two months," producer of the film Wang Zheng said. The film is based on true stories of Lu Xing and her fellow volunteers, and is now being shot in Mianyang, one of the worst hit areas in Sichuan. Lu was a student from Beijing Film Academy, who became a volunteer music teacher at "tent schools" after the... [read full story]