Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 29 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Shui-Bo Wang |
| production |
Barrie McLean Donald McWilliams David Verrall |
| music | Melissa Hui |
| camera |
Pierre Landry Lynda Pelley |
| cut | Donald McWilliams |
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square is a 1998 Canadian documentary directed by Shui-Bo Wang.
content
With the help of news films, photographs and the artistic work of the director Shui-Bo Wang, his life is told from childhood on. Under Mao's communist teachings, the boy grows up to be a young man who is interested in art, but at the same time serves as a soldier in the army. He is also confronted with the ideas and ideas of people who do not agree with the social system of China. A popular uprising breaks out, which is brutally suppressed on June 3rd and 4th, 1989 ( Tian'anmen massacre ).
Production, publication
The film, which was produced on behalf of the National Film Board of Canada , premiered on October 16, 1998.
The film can be seen online at the NFB.
Awards
In 1999 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the category “Best Documentary Short Film” .
The National Educational Media Network awarded the film the Gold Apple. He received a certificate of honor at the San Francisco International Film Festival .
Web links
- Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sunrise Over Tiananmen movie online