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Films Three Waters Films

Three Waters Productions was founded in 2005 by Miao Wang to develop and produce independent films for global audiences.

Our award-winning features and shorts have screened at hundreds of prestigious film festivals, museums, and academic institutions worldwide—including SXSW and the Guggenheim Museum. Our work has broadcast on MSNBC and PBS and streamed globally across digital platforms.

We create cinematic stories that illuminate the human experience, foster cultural understanding, and inspire deeper connections across our shared world.

Admissions Granted (2024)

A MSNBC Film. Broadcast on MSNBC, Centerpiece at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Opening Night at CAAMFest, DC/DOX

In a landmark Supreme Court case pitting Asian American plaintiffs against Harvard University, activists on both sides wrestle with hard truths about race, equality, and Asian Americans' precarious status in America, as the fate of affirmative action hangs in the balance. (TRT 90 min)

Maineland (2017)

WINNER: Special Jury Award at SXSW and the Independent Film Festival of Boston, Audience Choice Award at the New Hampshire Film Festival

Chinese teenagers from the wealthy elite, with big American dreams, settle into a boarding school in small-town Maine. As their fuzzy visions of the American dream slowly gain more clarity, their relationship to home takes on a poignant new aspect. (TRT 90 min)

Beijing Taxi (2010)

WINNER: Best Feature Documentary at Sidewalk Film Festival, Best Direct at Duke City Docfest

BEIJING TAXI vividly portrays modern-day China through a humanistic lens, documenting a profound transformation in an era of Olympic transitions. The intimate lives of three cabbies connect a morphing cityscape and a lyrical journey through fragments of a society riding a bumpy road to modernization. (TRT 78 min)

Yellow Ox Mountain (2006)

A reflection on the artistic inspirations and personal journeys of two contemporary Chinese artists, Zhang Hongtu and Zhang Jian-Jun, whose lives and work span from the post-Cultural Revolution political environment of China to today's thriving Chinese contemporary art community of New York. (TRT 28 min)