AN EVENING TO MARK THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE -
SCREENING PLUS DISCUSSION
THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE
+ DISCUSSION WITH ANTONY THOMAS director of 'TANK MAN' and TIAN AI ZHANG
director of 'CULTURAL REVOLUTION II'
Thursday 4th June, 7.30pm
The Prince Charles Cinema, WC2H
www.princecharlescinema.com; Box office 0870 811 2559
Tickets £6.50 / £5 Students / £4.50 Members
THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE
Directors: Richard Gordon, Carma Hinton / USA / 1994 / 188mins
...a brilliant documentary... a profound meditation on revolutionary
politics that indirectly delivers a withering critique of the ability of
American news networks to interpret a complex developing story far beyond
its borders. - Village Voice
The Gate Of Heavenly Peace is neither an anti-Communist tract nor a romantic
valentine to the movement's fallen heroes. Above all, it is a hard-headed
analysis of a youthful protest movement that failed and why. - The New York
Times
In the spring of 1989, over one million Chinese students and workers
occupied Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and began the largest non-violent
political protest in China’s history. This enthralling documentary reflects
the drama, tension, absurdity, heroism, and many tragedies of those six
weeks culminating with the Beijing massacre of June 4th. The film gives
voice to a wide range of Chinese citizens whose stories were consistently
ignored by the Western press. By awarding these people a proper place in
history, The Gate of Heavenly Peace reveals an ongoing debate in China
concerning the importance of personal responsibility and the need, as Vaclav
Havel has put it, to “live in the truth”.
Speakers include multi award-winning documentary filmmaker Antony Thomas,
whose films include The Tank Man (2006), Death of a Princess (1980), Man and
Animal (1995) Twins - The Divided Self (1997) and The Qur’an (2008), and
Tian Ai Zhang a Chinese born filmmaker currently living in the UK. Her NFTS
graduation film ‘Cultural Revolution II’ looks at how China has changed over
the past 30 years.
Screening in collaboration with The Frontline Club www.frontlineclub.com
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