The 20th Century on Film

The Blood and Tears of China's Revolution (3x20)

Date de diffusion: Août 14, 2021

One hundred years have passed since the founding of the Communist Party of China. This film depicts the blood and tears of the "revolution" through excavated footage. Color footage taken by a cameraman dispatched by the Soviet Union shows Mao Zedong attending the founding ceremony at Tiananmen Square in vivid colors. Tiananmen Square has been the stage for a hundred years of upheaval. The portrait of Sun Yat-sen, the father of the revolution, was raised, and at the end of the war, the Japanese surrender ceremony was held with 200,000 people watching. During the Cultural Revolution, it was filled with the frenzy of runaway youth. And in the Tiananmen Square incident, it was stained with the blood of young people shouting for democracy.