Beijing Spring (2021)

Original title

北京之春

Directed by

Andrew Cohen, Gaylen Ross

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

12

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers a short era of political reform in China during the late 1970s. It follows the efforts of artists and activists pushing for free expression. The film uses rare archival footage that was tied up in legal disputes for years.

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What happens

Beijing Spring is a 2021 American documentary film directed by Andy Cohen and co-directed by Gaylen Ross. The film chronicles the struggle for free speech and free artistic expression in the People's Republic of China (PRC) during a brief period of political reform during the late 1970s known as the Beijing Spring. Production started in 2010 and finished in 2020. Due to legal and jurisdictional issues surrounding the rights of Chi Xiaoning's never-before-seen archival footage, production was halted for four years until Hong Kong's M+ Museum untangled complicated ownership rights. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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