Tiananmen (1991)
7h
Running Time
March 13, 1991Release Date
Plot.
A CCTV-commissioned, 8-part series shot between 1988 and 1990, but barred from being released after the events of June 4th. A production of the Structure, Wave, Youth, Cinema Experimental Group, an informal collective of young filmmakers founded in 1989 and devoted to the production of documentaries, that includes: this series' two directors, Shi Jian and Chen Jue, as well as Wang Guangli, cinematographers Wang Hongyou and Zhao Baohong, and others like Meng Weidong and Wang Fei. The series documents various aspects of life surrounding Tiananmen: survivors of the imperial era, street performers, grandmothers cooking for their families, fledgling entrepreneurs, fashion school students, foreigners marrying Chinese nationals, and so forth. Each episode starts with a close-up of a giant portrait of Mao hung over the Square, and proceeds as a hybrid of archival footage, direct cinema, and cinema verité, weaving a permanent dialectic between the present and the past, daily life and history.
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Cast & Crew.

Han Yang
Narrator

Shi Jian
Interviewer / Director / Editor

Hu Jian
Interviewer

Chen Jue
Director / Script / Editor

Lian Buochang
Music Editor

Wang Hongyuo
Cinematography

Zhao Buhong
Cinematography

Zhang Wenhua
Sound

Meng Weidong
Music

Guang Yi
Script

Hou Shunian
Music Editor

Luo Jinguang
Sound Mixer

Huang Zhigang
Still Photographer
Details.
Release DateMarch 13, 1991
Original Name天安门
StatusReleased
Running Time7h
Genres
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