A Marble Travelogue

Documentary | 2021-11-20 | China, France, Greece, Japan, Netherlands, South Korea, United States of America

9.0 / 10

97 min.

Blocks of white marble from a Greek quarry are shipped to China, where sculptors turn them into Hellenistic-style statues and columns. The leftover grit is processed into fridge magnets and other souvenirs, which are returned to Europe and sold to Chinese tourists.