Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square (1998)
29m
Running Time
October 16, 1998Release Date
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square (1998)
29m
Running Time
October 16, 1998Release Date
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Plot.
This film illustrates the life of the film director, Shui-Bo Wang in The People's Republic of China. We learn of the life of the director in his own words and images from a child steeped in the values of Chinese communism exemplified by Chairman Mao, to a young man striving to live up to those ideals both as an artist and a soldier.
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Cast & Crew.
David Verrall
Executive Producer
Shui-Bo Wang
Narration
Barrie McLean
Producer
Jean-Paul Vialard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Barrie McLean
Producer
Barrie McLean
Producer
Donald McWilliams
Producer
Melissa Hui
Composer
Gisèle Guilbault
Administration
Pierre Landry
Cinematographer
Barrie Angus McLean
Producer / Executive Producer
Claudine Blain
Negative Cutter
Lynda Pelley
Director of Photography
Don McWilliams
Editor / Producer
Karen Feiertag
Assistant Sound Editor
Carrol Smith
Administration
Yu Li
Title Designer
Media.
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Wiki.
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 Golden Sheaf Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, and the award for Best Short Documentary at Hot Docs.