Mad About English! (2008)
• January 1st, 2008 • 1h 18min
Documentary
Overview
The amazing story of 1,000,000,000 people and their MAD MAD MAD rush to learn English! China 's love affair with the English language has reached feverish proportions. With half a million or more visitors descending on Beijing for the Games, can the Chinese pull it off with their newly-acquired English? Mad About English! follows the inspiring and heart-warming efforts of a city preparing to host the world by learning a once-forbidden tongue.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Chinese Are Coming to Town
Released on: 2011-02-07
Documentary
The Chinese global machine has been invited to revitalise the ailing Swedish town of Kalmar. The tow...
Total Trust
Released on: 2023-03-21
Documentary
By exploring the relationship between the watched and the watching, our film uncovers the trauma and...
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
Released on: 2024-05-16
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Russia, China and Iran: three former empires are determined to take their revenge and reassert their...
The Dark Side of Green Energies
Released on: 2021-11-20
Documentary
Faced with climate change, many countries have embarked on the energy transition. Since the COP21 in...
Watermarks - Three Letters from China
Released on: 2014-04-29
Documentary
Based on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people living in modern ...
The Greatest Tomb on Earth: Secrets of Ancient China
Released on: 2016-10-16
Documentary, History
Dan Snow, Dr Alice Roberts and Dr Albert Lin investigate a series of earth-shattering discoveries at...
Frontline: The Tank Man
Released on: 2006-04-11
Documentary, History
On June 5, 1989, one day after Chinese troops expelled thousands of demonstrators from Tiananmen Squ...
Plastic China
Released on: 2017-01-20
Documentary
This film tells a story about an unschooled 11-year-old girl Yi-Jie, she's a truly global child who ...
My 1980's
Released on: 2019-05-26
Documentary
Highlights the rebellious young generation of artists in China fighting for political emancipation, ...
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Released on: 2006-05-01
Documentary
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often se...
41 Degrees North
Released on:
Documentary
Immerse yourself in the tranquil rhythms of Shenyang with filmmaker Barry Wilkinson's "41 Degrees No...
Journey to the East
Released on: 2021-05-30
Documentary, Adventure
Could our mounting modern problems have ancient solutions? Travel to the depths of China to find out...
Cry Rock
Released on: 2010-10-03
Documentary
The wild beauty of the Bella Coola Valley blends with vivid watercolor animation illuminating the ro...
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Released on: 2015-05-06
Documentary
A documentary about Caroll Spinney who has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since ...
Maineland
Released on: 2017-03-11
Documentary
Chinese teenagers from the wealthy elite, with big American dreams, settle into a boarding school in...
Yulu
Released on: 2011-01-01
Documentary
The film uses a documentary approach to tell the stories of 12 Chinese pioneers, chosen from the fie...
Lon Marum
Released on: 2012-01-01
Documentary
A TV-hour length documentary film depicting the relationship between language, culture, place, music...