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

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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