It all began with a wooden-bodied, hand-cranked camera, a Peking Opera star, and a man with a vision named Ren Qingtai.

Check out the trailer for 'Caught by the Tides,' a film over 20 years in the making from master Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke ...

Watch the trailer for Jia Zhang-ke's 'Caught by the Tides,' starring his partner Zhao Tao and coming to U.S. theaters May 9.