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Wu Ren (b. 1941) is a resident of Daguo Village, Linying County, Luohe City, Henan Province. In 1958, Wu did all kinds of labor in the youth team. Her father was sent to Pingdingshan to dig the reservoir. He ran back home because he could not eat enough there. He could not get food from the canteen either, so all the other family members gave him their own portions of food. The 18-years-old Wu went to the reservoir in place of her father, so that her father could work and eat at home. When she was 19, Wu got married during Spring Festival and immediately went back working on the reservoir in winter. In 1960, Wu's sister was starved for too long and died after eating some wheat. Many people died at the reservoir too. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.

Starring Moses Gunn.

Wu Shiqi (b. 1933) is a resident of Gaogezhuang Village, Yang Town, Shunyi District, Beijing. In this interview, Wu talks about his experience during the Great Famine. Wu was driving cart for the production team in Xiaodian Village, so he did not starve at all. However, because the production team in his village needed to build a kindergarten, the east side of his house had to be demolished.

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Wu Tinqia (b. 1942) was born in Longju Village, Baimi Town, Hejiang County, Sichuan Province. In this interview, he talks about his family being classified as landlord, two were even killed during the Land Reform. He talks about what people ate and how some stole food during the Great Famine. He also remembers the struggle sessions during the Cultural Revolution.

Wu Tinyi (b. 1937) was born in Longju Village, Baimi Town, Hejiang County, Sichuan Province. As a son from a landlord's family, Wu's life has been strongly influenced by his class background. In this interview, he recollects about the struggles of poor peasants against landlords. He also recalls his experience during the Great Leap Forward after the village started the People's Commune in 1957. He talks about all kinds of food people ate during the Great Famine, and the struggle against village cadres during the Cultural Revolution.

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Wu Xiuzhe (b. 1934) is a resident of Yangjiazhuang Village, Hebei Province. In this interview, Wu recalls the life during the Great Famine. Because of hunger, Wu tried wild herbs, green dates, raw eggplants and cabbage roots.

Wu Yangbo (b. 1946) is a resident of Jimingqiao Village, Baiyun Town, Shimen County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Wu recounted how his family's house was pulled down and used as fertilizers when running the people's commune canteen, how he was forced drop out of middle school to work, how his family relied on neighbors' help after his mother lost food coupons for ten days, and how a relative committed suicide by hanging because he was accused for stealing other's food coupons. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.

Wu Yumei (b. 1942) is a resident of Jimingqiao Village, Baiyun Town, Shimen County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Wu recalls how she lived on the other family members' grains after she lost the food coupons for 10 days in 1959. During this period, some villagers were criticized for stealing sweet potatoes to eat, and several villagers died of starvation. Wu also recounts how leaders of the local production team were criticized orally and punished physically by the superior leaders because they failed to complete the production task during the Great Leap Forward. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.