Abstract
The documentary film, History Made for Tomorrow: Hakka Tulou was an October 2010 release by History Channel International. This film is an in-depth study on the green building techniques and sustainable lifestyle of the Hakka people of Southern China with a focus on the ancient Tulou rammed earth structures. The television program follows West Virginia University research professor, Ruifeng Liang, as he initiates scientific studies to back claims that the rammed earth Tulou structures are “the greenest buildings in the world”, and Canadian architect, Jorg Ostrowski, of Autonomous Sustainable Housing Inc., who has been researching the ecological footprint of Hakka communities since August 2007, to promote them as “eco-villages” of best practices for planet Earth’s sustainability. The author is credited as Director, Writer, and Producer of this film. This paper is based on the script of the production.
Highlights
The History Made for Tomorrow is a new community outreach program, created by History
The Hakka people and their Tulou buildings were chosen as subject matter for the first episode of the series by the author and a team at History Channel International, led by Dr Libby H
Hakka architecture and lifestyle. ―We find ourselves in Yongding County, Fujian Provence, South China‖, Ostrowski commented. ―We are here because we want to learn from the green architecture that has been built and has been lived in for centuries
Summary
The History Made for Tomorrow is a new community outreach program, created by History. The Hakka people and their Tulou buildings were chosen as subject matter for the first episode of the series by the author and a team at History Channel International, led by Dr Libby H. O‘Connell, Chief Historian, and Christian Murphy, Vice President The shooting of this documentary film took place at the World Heritage Fujian Tulou sites of Yongding County, Fujian Province of China, in July 2009 when an international research team. Sustainability 2013, 5 led by Dr Liang of West Virginia University was conducting the field studies of Hakka Tulou structures (Figure 1). The massive Tulou buildings made of earth, and home to the ancient Hakka people of China, are housing entire communities and providing defense against enemies [3]. This paper serves as a supplementary document of the film production for the viewers and readers
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