Petition 2009

A harrowing and unimpeachable documentary about injustices in China, artist-filmmaker Zhao Liang's film chronicles, since 1996, the lives of "petitioners" who come from all over the country to the Court of the Complainants in Beijing. Their motives are simple: to right the wrongs perpetrated by corruption and political abuses. But many wait for months, or even years, to have their cases heard, with most having no hope of a redress or even an answer.