CHINESE DOCUMENTARIES

Second Life

Chief Director: Qin Bo

Length: Eight Episodes

Producers: China Central Television, Shanghai Media Group,Bilibili

Broadcasting Platforms: Migu Video, Bilibili

The film series tells eight stories that cover the topics of family,physiology, law, and women.Eight life scenes are presented in four groups of opposite themes, offering a glimpse into the choices and fate that ordinary people face in decisive moments.By zooming in on each unique story of second choices, it not only showcases the courage and resilience Chinese people exhibit when facing diffi-culties, but also inspires the audience with courage to think about life and their future.

Find Me Beyond the Kitchen

Director: Wu Xiaoman

Length: Four Episodes

Producer: CCTV Center for Film and Documentary

Broadcasting Platforms: Bilibili,Migu Video, China Media Group Mobile

The documentary series showcases the thinking and inspiration behind the delicacies created by four Chinese cuisine chefs.Michael David Rosenblum from the United States integrates his experience of traveling in China into his dishes.Jason Liu from Taipei uses taste to express his understanding of the history and culture of certain places.Chen Hanzong promotes the oyster cuisine of his hometown,and Chen Kentaro, a third-genera-tion chef at a restaurant in Japan,continues to inherit the family’s culinary skills making Sichuan cuisine.

The Chinese Doctor

Chief Director: Zhang Jianzhen

Length: 10 Episodes

Producers: Legend Media,Health News, Mindray, iQIYI

Broadcasting Platforms: Bilibili, iQIYI

This documentary series of 10 episodes focuses on scenes in six hospitals where ordinary people and medical staffcross paths.Through shooting their stories, it presents various scenes of the doctors in their work and interprets the important role the national medical system plays in social development and people’s livelihood.It also showcases the unremitting pursuit of Chinese doctors in saving lives, as well as the personal emotions they experience in the process.