Flying the Flag of the Republic (1989)
- Original title
- 飘扬，共和国的旗帜
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
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
This documentary was made by the People's Liberation Army about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. It presents the events from the Chinese Communist Party's perspective and honors soldiers who died. The film is now banned in China.
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What happens
Flying the Flag of the Republic - A Record of the Suppression of the Counter-Revolutionary Riots in Beijing is a documentary compiled by the Publicity Department of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in July 1989 to commemorate the PLA soldiers who died in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The video was released on 17 July 1989, and premiered at the National Art Museum of China on 28 July 1989. The documentary was also broadcast on China Central Television. The documentary tells the story of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests from the perspective of the Chinese Communist Party. Due to its references to many of the sensitive events of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, the documentary is effectively banned within China today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Red Flag Over Tibet (1989)- Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party
Buried (2009)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.