Film Review: Who Killed Our Children

October 08, 2008 The catastrophic earthquake that broke out in China's Sichuan province on May 28 has held world media in thrall with stories of sacrifice and courage, and from official Chinese media, eulogies on the PLA's heroism and the government's concern. Pan Jianlin's documentary "Who Killed Our Children" could have been a discomforting voice of dissent that exposes the widespread problem of shoddy construction in China, which some assert caused or exacerbated casualties. Pan highlighted four issues that cause the parents outrage, but the most bitter conflict concerned discrepancies between the official death count jointly provided by the school and government agents and the parents' own tally.

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