The documentary Return to the Red Flag Canal sets in a true return trip of the famous French film and television scholar Jérôme Clément and WANG Chen, a famous Chinese pianist and Ph.D. candidate in the University of Michigan. It weaves the storyline from different perspectives between a Westerner and a Chinese, as well as from the older generation and the younger one. After this rewarding and inspiring return trip, Mr. Clément has gained a deeper understanding towards the connection between human beings and rivers, and Ms. WANG Chen has also achieved a major breakthrough in her piano performance.