History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; the progressive filmmakers; the organisation of filmmaking under the post-war communist government; the impact of the Cultural Revolution; the work of Xie Jin.
Length 57 minutes
Tony Rayns | Sun Yu | Shen Fu | Huang Shao-Fen | Ruifang Zhang | Sun Dao-Lin | Junxiang Zhang | Shi Shu | Shichang Da | Wu Haiyan | Xie Jin | Sangchu Xu | Wang Lingu | Jing Zhao | Xue Gong