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Vol 2, no. 1-2.

Proposal, correspondence, and internal records relating to marketing of AIDS and the National Body

Yin Mieying (b. 1932) is a resident of Changxing Village, Gaolong Town, Chaling County, Hunan Province. She was born in a nearby town called Huotian, and married to a man in Changxing Village during the Land Reform. In this interview, Yin recalls that she was forced to work during the Great Leap Forward, which left her no time to attend her child, and that she ate tree root, tree leaves, and wild herbs to survive. She also mentions an old fellow villager, who died of constipation because of eating chaff.

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Yin Zhong'e (b. 1925-2011) is a resident of Changxing Village, Gaolong Town, Chaling County, Hunan Province. She gave birth to nine children, and only six of them survived. In this interview, Yin recalls how starving she was because of limited food supplies in 1960, and how she was forced to work in the production team less than 20 days after her child's birth. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.

Yin Huizhang (b. 1939) is a resident of Xiaoyin Village, Shangdian Town, Binzhou City, Shandong Province. In this interview, Yin remembers life during the Great Famine. He used to be the barn keeper of the Production Team, yet he didn't see grains for six months between 1959 and 1960. Later, people could get half jin (250 grams) of food each day after working. In the worst year, more than 800 people, about half of the population in Shawo Village and Guanzhuang Village either starved to death or left (migrated to the Northeast, re-married, etc.). The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.

Yin Lianrong (b. 1941) is a resident of Shaziying Village, Yang Town, Shunyi District, Beijing. In this interview, Yin recalls the life during and after the Great Famine. Once a pig of the Production Team in Gaogezhuang Village died, so the man who fed the livestock cooked the pig. His son ate most of the pig and was eventually stuffed to death. Because of the edible things her dad found near the reed field, Yin's family did not starve badly. When one of her kids was born, due to malnutrition, Yin did not have milk. She had to buy a goat for 5 Yuan and fed the baby with goat milk. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

Yin Tingxiang (b. 1942) is a resident of Huanzidong Village, Shenyang, Liaoning Province. In this interview, Yin recalls the life during the Great Famine. Many people were starving to death and the dead bodies were stacked up on the streets. Yin was still at school during that time. However, because of the famine, they did not have any class but all went out to dig wild herbs and tree barks for extra sustenance. Many people fled to Jilin and Heilongjiang Province because there were more foods there.

Yin Tingzhi (b. 1929) is a resident of Huanzidong Village, Shenyang, Liaoning Province. In this interview, Yin talks about her experience of fleeing to the Great Northern Wilderness where foods were relatively sufficient during the Great Famine. In order to make money for the trip, Yin's family sold the wooden parts of their house to the Sanjiazi Coal Mine, but they had to keep the land because everyone was starving and no one wanted it. In the Great Northern Wilderness, Yin's husband worked for the local production team. The family of six had to sleep on a small bed extended by a piece of plank. After six months, because it was too cold there and her daughter was old enough to get married, Yin's family moved back to Huanzidong Village. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.