Synopsis
«Petition» is a unique testimony of today’s China, amid its booming economy. From 1996, Zhao Liang began filming petitioners from all over China who came to Beijing to complain against the abuses and injustices committed by their local authorities. Peasants driven from their land, factory workers facing sackings, smalltime landowners whose homes are demolished without compensation. Faced with brutal intimidation from the local authorities, the protesters still persist.