Bulkland

2016 • 58 minutes

About this movie

In ”Bulkland” migrant workers, factory owners and night club dancers struggle to carve out their slice of the pie in a city dedicated to bulk sales of cheap junk:
Yiwu, the raw, throbbing heart of “Made in China”, where every day is a hustle.
As cheap goods have flooded world markets, dollar stores have popped up around the globe and built this present-day Klondike, connected by the world’s longest railway to markets in Western Europe.

In Yiwu, the world’s largest market fills the shelves of discount chains from Sydney to Madrid with electric Santa dolls, copies of Kate Middleton’s engagement ring and ear-wrecking vuvuzelas. Meanwhile, day labourers gather by the thousands in a human market and families have their children help make the zippers that might end up on your fake Chinese purse. But the recipe for success isn’t working anymore. China is getting more expensive to live in, and its army of migrant workers require higher wages to make ends meet.

Yiwu’s inhabitants face a changing China that is trying to reach past the simple mass production that the country’s wealth is built upon.

Ratings and reviews

Really nice movie, not overly preachy about the pros or cons of this world. The viewer is thankfully left to draw their own conclusions. Movie is wonderfully shot, well translated and a beautiful glimpse into a city in China. To the filmmakers, thank you for bringing this to us.

6 TV TVZ😩🤖❤️🤣😲😘😅😅😈🏊😴😄😄😩😩😩🤖👯🥘😈😀

Everyone living in a modern western society should watch this.