The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975)
- Directed by
- Claudia Weill, Shirley MacLaine
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An American delegation of women visits China during the Cultural Revolution. The film shows what their government guides allowed them to see, including surgery with acupuncture and life on farms and schools.
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What happens
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir is a 1975 American documentary film directed by Shirley MacLaine and Claudia Weill. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film depicts a group of American women who travel to China during the Cultural Revolution. They see surgery performed under acupuncture anesthesia, and the "glory" of life on Chinese farms and schools under Mao. The film only shows the idealized version of China her government handlers allowed her to see, and was dismissed in the West as propaganda. MacLaine later recounted a anecdote from her visit to Deng Xiaoping, who dismissed it as false. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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