SHANGHAI, June 23 -- CHINESE-AMERICAN director Ruby Yang's Oscar-winning "The Blood of Yingzhou District" was presented at a special screening at Xintiandi's UME International Cineplex yesterday.

Yang won the Oscar for best documentary short at the 79th Academy Awards in February. The screening is part of the "DocuChina" project by Shanghai's Documentary Channel. Acclaimed Chinese documentary works will be shown at Xintiandi's Cineplex on two Fridays of each month.

Yang said she may release the documentary at colleges and NGOs across China. The 39-minute film provides a telling insight into the lives of AIDS orphans in the rural villages of Anhui Province.

After their parents died of AIDS from selling their blood and receiving tainted blood in return, many children face discrimination and rejection.

"What I want to express in this film is also a universal condition - increasing AIDS patients, misinformation about the disease and the stigma that surrounds them," Yang said.

Professor Le Jiayu, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Association of STD and AIDS Prevention and Control, loved the film.

"We need to dispel people's unneeded fears and prejudice towards AIDS patients,'' Le said.