The s Pectre_The People’s Court

  The first Western documentary toexplore the ongoing legal revolutionin China opens in the U.S.
  High in the hillside village ofLongjiacun in Gongxian County,Sichuan Province. southwest Chinafour somber people dressed in dark-blue uniforms sit in a row behindtwo desks. A white sign that roads "mobilecourt" bangs at the front. A middle-aged mansits to one side. next to a red plastic stool witha tag that. reads "plaintiff," and a smilingwoman sits on the other side, with a tag thatreads "defendant." Court proceedings gosmoothly despite the ducklings waddlingabout.