What is the ending of Phoenix Road?

Only one of the nine women gave up drug addiction and lived a normal life.

In the ending, in order to become a mother, Zhou Jie adopted the daughter of Xiao Hong, who was also a drug addict and a prostitute; but Xiao Yanzi sold her own flesh and blood for a mere few thousand yuan. "Phoenix Road" is a documentary co-directed by former Shenzhen Evening News reporter Tu Qiao and Shenzhen Evening News photographer Chen Yuanzhong.

The film tells the story of nine women who came from different areas and fell into an abyss of drug addiction. , the process of intoxication and salvation. As of June 26, 2012, this film has had 1.47 million views on the Internet, the highest number of views for any online documentary in China.

The beginning of "Phoenix Road"

Starting in 2006, independent directors Tu Qiao and Chen Yuanzhong focused their cameras on 12 drug-addicted street girls on Phoenix Road in Luohu, Shenzhen, for 6 consecutive years. Years of original records record these people's addiction, intoxication, struggle and redemption to drugs.

In 2006, a friend told Tu Qiao that Fang Bao, the honorary president of the Guangdong Anti-Drug Foundation, had been looking for her. Tu Qiao came to visit, only to find out that he wanted to ask her to shoot an anti-drug promotional video. It turned out that Fang Bao had watched a documentary filmed by him and his old partner Chen Yuanzhong. He found it very real and contagious, and hoped to use this method to make anti-drug propaganda videos.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Phoenix Road