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List Of Documentary Films About China
This is a list of documentary films about China. Some included works may be alternatively classified as television documentaries or television series episodes. *'' Ascension'' (2021) *''Behind the Strings'' (2020)'','' the westward journeys of Shanghai Quartet's members out of the Cultural Revolution * ''BBC Reggie in China'' (2020) *''Guangzhou Dream Factory'' (2016) * ''The Chinese Mayor'' (2015) *''China Remix - African Hip-Hop Artists in China'' (2015) * ''BBC Secrets of China'' (2015) *'' China Rising,'' Latest World News (Al Jazeera), 4 episodes *''Diaoyu Islands - The Truth (2014 Film)'' (2014) * Human Harvest (2014) *''TIBET - The Truth'' (2013) *'' Living with Dead Hearts'' (2013) *'' Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'' (2012) *''Restoring the Light'' (2011) *''Dreamwork China'' (2011) *''China's Century of Humiliation - Documentary Film'' (2011) *''The Warriors of Qiugang'' (2011) *China Wow!' (2010-?) *''The Ditch'' (2010) () *'' China: The Rebirth of an Empire'' (2010) *'' Beijing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascension (film)
''Ascension'' ( zh, 登楼叹) is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Jessica Kingdon. It follows the pursuit of the Chinese dream through the social classes, prioritizing productivity and innovation. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12, 2021, where it won Best Documentary Feature. It was released on October 8, 2021, by MTV Documentary Films. Synopsis The film follows the Chinese dream through the social classes, prioritizing productivity and innovation. Production Initially, Jessica Kingdon planned on making a trilogy of short films focusing on the cycle of production, consumption and waste, however, it was difficult to secure funding for a series, and instead decided to develop the trilogy into a feature film. Kingdon wanted to make a film about capitalism and how it affects viewers in their own countries, and did not want to specifically single out China. Production on the film took place in 51 locations throughout Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tears Of Sichuan Province
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The Gate Of Heavenly Peace (documentary)
''The Gate of Heavenly Peace'' () is a 1995 documentary film, produced by Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton, about the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Synopsis ''The Gate of Heavenly Peace'' is a three-hour documentary film about the 1989 protests at Tiananmen Square, which culminated in the violent government crackdown on June 4. The film uses archival footage and contemporary interviews with a wide range of Chinese citizens, including workers, students, intellectuals, and government officials, to revisit the events of “Beijing Spring.” From the beginning of the protests in mid-April to the night of June 3–4, the film provides a “meticulous day-by-day chronicle of the six-week period… This unglamorous but absorbing film interweaves videotaped scenes of the demonstrations and conversations with leaders and participants with an explanatory narration into an account that is as clear-headed as it is thorough and well-organized.” Among those interviewed are Liu Xiaobo, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
''Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square'' (french: Le jour se lève sur la place Tienanmen) is a 1998 short animated documentary directed by Shui-Bo Wang and distributed by the National Film Board of Canada. It is an autobiography about the director's life, career and ultimate disillusionment with the Chinese Communist Party. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, but lost to '' The Personals''. Other honours for the film included the Gemini Award for Best History/Biography Documentary program, the Yorkton Film Festival Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is an annual film festival held in late May in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1947, the Yorkton Film Council (YFC) was founded and in 1950 the first international documentary film festival officially opened in we ... Golden Sheaf Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, and the award for Best Short Documentary at Hot Docs. References External links * * 1998 films 1998 documentary films Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morning Sun (documentary)
''Morning Sun'' () is a 2003 documentary film by Carma Hinton about the Cultural Revolution in China. The film uses archival and propaganda footage from the era as well as interviews with Red Guard participants and victims to explore the events and effects of the Cultural Revolution. In the United States, the film garnered largely positive reviews. It won the American Historical Association John E. O'Connor Film Award in 2004 and was nominated or a finalist in regards to a handful of other awards and film festivals. In South Korea, the film was broadcast by EBS EBS may refer to: Broadcasting * EBS TV (Ethiopia) * Educational Broadband Service, US TV service * Educational Broadcasting System, South Korea ** EBS 1, a South Korean television channel * Emergency Broadcast System, former US Warning system ... in 2000. However, due to pressure from the Chinese Government, it was only broadcast once, at 4:30 A.M. See also * List of documentary films about the People's Republic o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul Train
''Seoul Train'' is a 2004 documentary film that deals with the dangerous journeys of North Korean defectors fleeing through or to China. These journeys are both dangerous and daring, since if caught, they face forced repatriation, torture, and possible execution. ''Seoul Train'' has been broadcast on television around the world, including on the PBS series ''Independent Lens''. In January 2007, ''Seoul Train'' was awarded the Alfred I. duPont – Columbia University Silver Baton for excellence in broadcast journalism. In April 2007, "Seoul Train" was named runner-up in the National Journalism Awards. The film was produced, directed, and filmed by Jim Butterworth, a technology entrepreneur in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Blue
''China Blue'' is a 2005 documentary film directed by Micha Peled. It follows the life of Jasmine Li, a young seventeen-year-old worker from Sichuan province, in a Chinese jeans factory, ''Lifeng Clothes Factory'' (丽锋服饰制衣有限公司) in Shaxi, Guangdong producing Vigaze Jeans (a company based in Istanbul, Turkey), hence the title. Jasmine earned about half a yuan for one hour's work (which amounted to about six US cents). - website The documentary discusses both the conditions in factories in China and the growing importance of China as an < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declassified (2004 TV Series)
''Declassified'' is an American television series produced by Ten Worlds Productions on The History Channel that originally aired on November 9, 2004. The series takes viewers inside vaults and archives around the world to reveal the untold stories of modern history. With the fall of the Iron Curtain and the advent of market economies worldwide, new footage and materials are flooding out of formerly secret organizations like East Germany's Stasi, the Kremlin, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, and state television in Korea. Declassified reveals the stories behind the previously unseen footage with relentless, fast-cut montage and a rock beat. ''Declassified'' fuses modern graphics and editing, story-telling, rock music (from Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P.) and expert interviews to bring to light the thrilling and secret tales of our modern era. The show's director Kosh, winner of three Grammy Awards, is the former creative director for Apple Records and designer for the Beatles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder In The Snow
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China Revealed
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land, the List of countries and territories by land borders, most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces of China, provinces, five autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, four direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and two special administrative regions of China, Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the List of cities in China by population, most populous cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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