Beijing Spring
By Andy Cohen, Gaylen Ross
After the death of Mao Zedong in the late 1970’s, the “Stars” artist group and Democracy Wall activists (including Wei Jingsheng, Xu Wenli and a young Ai Weiwei) dared to voice individual ideas and show radical artworks until the government cracked down on this brief moment of reform. Shown through newly discovered 16mm footage hidden from authorities for 35 years, this officially censored history is now revealed by those who lived it - some imprisoned for two decades.
A film from the 2020 selection of the FIFDH to discover this year
Section Special screenings
Original language(s) Chinese (Traditional), English & French
Subtitle(s) English & French
Art & ActivismAsiaFreedom & Democracy
- Director(s)
- Andy Cohen, Gaylen Ross
Producers
- Andy Cohen
- Gaylen Ross
- Constance Le Marié
Production
- AC Films Productions
Rights holder
- AC Films Productions
Cinematographer
- Julien Roby, Robert Richman, Matt Yue, Eddie Marritz Hageer, Mitch Blummer, Gregory Brutus
Music
- Matt Clifford, Damian Lazarus, Zhou Yunpeng
Sound
- Edward O'Connor, Han Zhichao, Peter Ginsburg, Vincent Rouffiac, Xiang Chen, Peter Miller
- Duration
- 100'
- Year
- 2020
- Production country
- United States
- Status
- World Premiere
Watch the film online
Accessible on demand from 5 to 14 March 2021
(subject to availability)
Followed by a video encounter conversation with the filmmakers
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