A documentary shot over the course of five years telling five stories in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics: the construction of the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium, Gold medal hopeful & Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang, the selection of the Chinese women's gymnastics team, the training of the Beijing SWAT team, and the story one of the 4000 families relocated to make room for the Olympic Athlete's Village.

2008年北京奥运会是所有中国人无与伦比的美梦。而关于北京奥运会的时间脉络则是从2001年就开始。耗时七年拍摄完成的该片，从不同的视角、不同的人群、不同的背景讲述了同一个主题，那就是北京奥运会。