Dead Souls
In Gansu Province, northwest China, lie the remains of countless prisoners abandoned in the Gobi Desert sixty years ago. Designated as ultra-rightists in the Communist Party’s Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957, they starved to death in the reeducation camps. The film invites us to meet the survivors of the camps to find out firsthand who these persons were, the hardships they were forced to endure and what became their destiny.
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Dead Souls
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Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 24, 2018
Runtime
8h 17m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
72%
Original Title
死靈魂
Production Companies
Les Films d'Ici, IDFA Bertha Fund, Adok Films, ARTE France Cinéma
Director
Wang Bing
Description
In Gansu Province, northwest China, lie the remains of countless prisoners abandoned in the Gobi Desert sixty years ago. Designated as ultra-rightists in the Communist Party’s Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957, they starved to death in the reeducation camps. The film invites us to meet the survivors of the camps to find out firsthand who these persons were, the hardships they were forced to endure and what became their destiny.
