The Anecdotes of Gelagu

The Anecdotes of Gelagu

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 18, 2012

Runtime

0h 42m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

格拉古之书

Director

Hu Jie

Description

This documentary records the journey of Zhang Xianchi from a communist Chinese soldier to a prisoner and a writer of independent mind, in some ways just like Solzhenitsyn, the great Russian writer. Mr. Zhang’s book, The Anecdotes of Gelagu, takes us to China’s gulag---a Sichuan laogai camp. The book details an unknown and atrocious episode of history, allowing us to witness human nature under extreme circumstances.