{"isbn":9781350917187,"description":"A terrible flood destroys the home of the AH family in a small village in China\u2019s Southern Guangdong province. Life has been a constant struggle for them, but this disaster turns their existence into a nightmare. Fortunately, AH Liang, his wife Xiang and their two children and dog find shelter in a neighbour\u2019s unused shack. But they know, this is only a temporary situation. As they hesitantly embark on the almost insurmountable task of building a new house \u2013 their crop had also been destroyed, and they don\u2019t have any source of income left- they will experience what solidarity or the lack of it can mean when disaster strikes. The ensuing challenging period brings the couple\u2019s relationship to the brink of crisis, and threatens the ties inside the family unit. It also tests the solidarity inside the village, and confronts the attitudes of the local and regional governments when it comes to apply their disaster policies which seem to be insufficient for the very poor. In the process, our protagonists will learn that a home is not only made of bricks laid on top of each other. There is more to it. During the long process of building a new house, step-by-step, they will have to confront many obstacles, both material and emotional. All members of the family will have been profoundly changed through the experience, and a new feeling of togetherness emerges. When they are finally able to move in, they have a new roof over their heads, but we keep wondering how long it actually might take for their new shelter to become again the hearth of the family. The filmmakers followed and recorded the family\u2019s struggle over a period of 12 months. In that sense, this film constitutes an observational marathon, revealing otherwise hidden long-term effects of human reactions to natural disaster. Available languages: English, French Director: Xiaolei et Li Lin Narrator, Carol Drinkwater. Language - Chinese & English Subtitles: English","videoId":6312257663112,"subscription":"bvl_historyculture","title":"The New Shelter","xml_source":"bvl_historyculture_video-vra.xml","facets":"asianDemography , Asian demography , culturalAnthropologyOfAsia , Cultural anthropology of Asia , documentaryFilm , Documentary film , heritageAndTradition , Heritage and tradition , genderAndIdentity , Gender and identity , naturalDisasters , Natural disasters , cityThe , City, The , poverty , Poverty , rural , Rural , wealth , Wealth , work , Work , _20102019 , 2010\u20132019 , made_20102019 , 2010\u20132019 , chineseCantonese , Chinese (Cantonese) , chineseMandarin , Chinese (Mandarin) , english , English , china , China , origin_china , China , video , Video , filmAndCinema , Film and Cinema , societyAndSocietalIssues , Society and societal issues , asianStudies , Asian Studies , identity , Identity , _2000Present , 2000\u2013present , origin_asia , Asia , anthropology , Anthropology , made_2000Present , 2000\u2013present , scienceTechnologyAndNature , Science, technology, and nature , asia , Asia ,","contenttypeorder":3,"productname":"bvl_all","contentType":"video","identifier":"IC-CSShelter_6312257663112","browse_author":"Li lin (Director), Xiaolei Lin (Director) and Quartier Latin Media (ICTV) (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_historyculture"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","browse_search":"IC-CSShelter","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/3039ffdf-a5cd-42de-bdf9-b7a3e2d7f2d4/2940273f-7718-4e16-a267-09c7c80095f3/1280x720/match/image.jpg","series_id":"series_chinaScreen","series":"China Screen","date_of_publication":2010,"territorial":"CN","publisher":"Quartier Latin Media (ICTV)","id_search":"IC-CSShelter","facet":["_2000Present","_20102019","anthropology","asia","asianDemography","asianStudies","china","chineseCantonese","chineseMandarin","cityThe","culturalAnthropologyOfAsia","documentaryFilm","english","filmAndCinema","genderAndIdentity","heritageAndTradition","identity","made_2000Present","made_20102019","naturalDisasters","origin_asia","origin_china","poverty","rural","scienceTechnologyAndNature","societyAndSocietalIssues","video","wealth","work"],"authors":"Li lin~Xiaolei Lin~Quartier Latin Media (ICTV)"}