I Was There: Kate Adie on Tiananmen Square

I Was There: Kate Adie on Tiananmen Square

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 4, 2018

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

60%

Original Title

I Was There: Kate Adie on Tiananmen Square

Production Companies

Alleycats TV, BBC

Director

Andy Webb

Description

In a long-form interview, Kate recalls how she was wounded by gunfire and narrowly escaped death herself as she and her cameraman remained in the line of fire while an estimated 2,000 pro-democracy demonstrators were shot down by Chinese government troops. Kate reviews the reports she made on the ground, with additional insight from leading historian Professor Steve Tsang, and draws on the BBC's archive to assess how film-makers have portrayed China before and after the upheaval.