BETTER ANGELS

PRODUCERWILLIAM ANDREW MUNDELL
DIRECTORMALCOLM CLARKE
YEAR2019
WINNERGRAND JURY PRIZE AT THE 2019 BEIJING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

“Better Angels” producer William Mundell described the movie as “the untold story of the true potential of the US-China relationship” and “an opening salvo” in an effort to close the gap in US-Sino relations. „The two countries“, he said, „have reached an inflection point in their relationship” and need to work together to “capitalize on our differences.”


Forbes Magazine, 2018

“The reason that I made this film was that I wanted the American people and the Chinese people to become stakeholders in what is arguably the most important bilateral relationship in the world.”


Observer, 2018

While the film is peppered with statements from successful economists, professors and three past secretaries of state, it is not the quotes of the highly educated few that give this documentary merit. It is the unfiltered, sometimes politically incorrect, free-flowing thoughts of the average citizen or, as the film puts it, „accidental diplomats“, that ring most true. Better Angels provides the angle on the US-China relationship that is missing from news media, and for us as informed citizens, it is essential viewing.


LA Weekly, 2018

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