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

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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.

DirectorRon Orders
WriterTony Rayns
ProducersKeith Griffiths·Simon Hartog

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Cast · Directed by Ron Orders

TRTony Rayns
Tony Rayns
Self - Narrator
SYSun Yu
Sun Yu
Self
SFShen Fu
Shen Fu
Self
HSHuang Shaofen
Huang Shaofen
Self
RZRuifang Zhang
Ruifang Zhang
Self
DSDaolin Sun
Daolin Sun
Self
JZ
Junxiang Zhang
Self
SSShu Shi
Shu Shi
Self
DSDa Shichang
Da Shichang
Self
WHWu Haiyan
Wu Haiyan
Self
XJXie Jin
Xie Jin
Self
SX
Sangchu Xu
Self

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