The Mao Years: 1949-1976

The Mao Years: 1949-1976

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 13, 1994

Runtime

1h 54m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

70%

Original Title

The Mao Years: 1949-1976

Production Companies

Ambrica Productions, GBH, Channel 4 Television

Director

Sue Williams

Description

CHINA: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTION is a six-hour tour de force journey through the country's most tumultuous period. First televised on PBS, this award-winning documentary series presents an astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical commentary and stunning eyewitness accounts from citizens who struggled through China's most decisive century. THE MAO YEARS examines the turbulent era of Mao's attempts to forge a "new China" from the war-ravaged and poverty-stricken nation.