Morning Sun
The film Morning Sun attempts in the space of a two-hour documentary film to create an inner history of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (c.1964-1976). It provides a multi-perspective view of a tumultuous period as seen through the eyes—and reflected in the hearts and minds—of members of the high-school generation that was born around the time of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, and that came of age in the 1960s. Others join them in creating in the film’s conversation about the period and the psycho-emotional topography of high-Maoist China, as well as the enduring legacy of that period.
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18 people
Deng Xiaoping
Self (archive footage)
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Deng Xiaoping
中华人民共和国大阅兵合集
Geramie Barmé
Jiasuey Hsu
John Crowley
Richard Gordon
Qing Jiang
Self (archive footage)
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Blood on Wolf Mountain
Symphony of Lianhua
Lin Hua
Carma Hinton
Nanyang Li
Self
Lise Yasui
Rui Li
Self
Shao-Chi Liu
Self (archive footage)
Richard Gordon Director · Geramie Barmé Director Carma Hinton Director
First release September 24, 2003 · Produced in United States · Languages Chinese, English
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United States
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Original title
八九点钟的太阳
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English
Release dates
Finland · September 24, 2003
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No release date listed for United States.
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