Crocodile in the Yangtze: The Alibaba Story
Crocodile in the Yangtze: The Alibaba Story
Taluswood Films announced Monday that its documentary, Crocodile in the Yangtze: The Alibaba Story, will be released worldwide on May 28, 2014.
An independent memoir directed and produced by a former Alibaba insider, the film follows China’s first Internet entrepreneur and former English teacher, Jack Ma as he grows Alibaba from a small apartment into China’s first global Internet company, “battling – and beating – eBay in China along the way.”
Since its World Premiere at the 2012 Sonoma International Film Festival, Crocodile in the Yangtze has traveled to 20 film festivals.
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According to Taluswood Films, the film has received several awards including “Best Documentary” at the San Francisco United Film Festival and “Best Film on Entrepreneurship” at the Silicon Valley Film Festival.
To date, the film has screened to audiences of students and entrepreneurs in more than 50 cities on six continents.
“I made Crocodile in the Yangtze to inspire entrepreneurs and others with a dream, so that they could apply the lessons from Alibaba’s successes and mistakes to their own endeavors,” said Porter Erisman, the film’s director.
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The film may either be purchased for US$9.95 or rented for US$4.95 by anyone with a credit card. Upon the film’s release on May 28, viewers can instantly watch and download the film through Vimeo On Demand platform.
Crocodile in the Yangtze: The Alibaba Story
The release marks the first time the film is being made available for purchase by the general public. Preorders begin exclusively on Vimeo On Demand.
