Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns

1983 | 0 h 57mins |U/A 13+| Documentary

History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; the progressive filmmakers; the organisation of filmmaking under the post-war communist government; the impact of the Cultural Revolution; the work of Xie Jin.

Starring: Tony Rayns, Sun Yu, Shen Fu,