The movie Better to Dance, directed by Deer Min, is set in China, where almost every city has a square where a group of people gather every day, rain or shine. According to statistics, the number of dancers in China has reached 80 million to 100 million, making square dancing the number one sport in China.
What the movie is about
The CCTV reporter spent more than a year tracking and recording the story of the three square dancers in Tianjin, patiently documenting the story of how the Chinese people are building up their lives during the transition period with documentary images.
The CCTV reporter spent more than a year following the story of the three square dancers in Tianjin, using documentary images to patiently record how ordinary Chinese people in a period of transition build and rebuild their spiritual world.
Despite the fact that life is hard and they can't change their lives for the better, they haven't given up on their spiritual world and their love of square dancing.