Set during the fall-out of the Cultural Revolution, these bizarre and delicate stories capture the collision of the old China of vanished dynasties, with communism … Read more
In 1971 Mao’s campaign against the intellectuals is at its height. Our narrator and his best friend, Luo, distinctly unintellectual but guilty of being the … Read more
How the Cultural Revolution Targeted Confucian Symbols The Tomb of Hai Rui in Haikou on Hainan Island was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution by gangs … Read more
In 2001 in Beijing we interviewed a young Jia Zhangke.
In late 90s and early 00s most of the sixth generation of Chinese directors movies were forbidden in China. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the “Sixth Generation” movement of Chinese cinema.
The documentary focuses primarily on the lives of contemporary working-class Chinese people.
A documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220-minute version consists of three parts. The first part, taken around Beijing, includes a cotton factory, older sections of the city, and a clinic where a Cesarean operation is performed, using acupuncture. The middle part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective farm in Henan, as well as the old city of Suzhou. The final part shows the port and industries of Shanghai and ends with a stage presentation by Chinese acrobats. [Will Gilbert]
According to cinematographer Luciano Tovoli, this documentary was shot mostly handheld with an ‘Eclair NPR’ 16mm camera using available light. In 1972, during Mao’s Cultural Revolution, Michelangelo Antonioni was invited by the People’s Republic of China to direct a documentary about New China. The result was a three-and-a-half-hour long film, divided into three parts. Mao disliked it so much that Michelangelo Antonioni was consequently charged with being anti-Chinese as well as counterrevolutionary. The movie was finally shown at Beijing’s Cinema Institute 30 years later.”
In Longting, Xintai, Shandong, villagers over the course of 10 years built a huge stone well (18 meters wide and 28 deep). The inhabitants invested … Read more
Cultural Revolution Propaganda Images – Defend the territorial waters was the priority of the People’s Liberation Army troops. Following a series of images depicting rare … Read more
1971 was a critical year for the Cultural Revolution. The Chinese government issued this series of postcards to tackle the “traitor” Liu Shaoqi and the … Read more
