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The People’s Daily, under the personal supervision of Mao Tse-Tung launches a campaign attacking Sun Yu’s Wu Xun zhuan (The Life of Wu Xun) as part of a programme of ideological purification. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Pre-1949 Chinese films, and films from Hollywood and Hong Kong are banned as the communist government tightens control of the media. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1956 | ||||
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The Beijing Film Academy establishes the Performance Institute. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1959 | ||||
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– Cinema attendance reaches a record high of 4.17 billion. [MUCH] [ADD] |
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| 1961 | ||||
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| 1962 | ||||
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– Popular Cinema magazine publishes its first One Hundred Flower prize, chosen by a readers’ poll. Hong se niang zi jun (Red Detachment of Women) (1961), directed by Jin Xie, is the first winner. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1963 | ||||
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Zao Chun Er Yue (Threshold of Spring) (Tieli Xie) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1964 | ||||
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– Chairman Mao demands re-education of the people by the Popular Army of Liberation, resulting in tighter control of the output of the Chinese film industry, which produces close to 500 films a year. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ying xiong er nu (Heroic Sons and Daughters) (Zhaodi Wu) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1965 | ||||
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Da nao tian gong (Uproar in Heaven) (Wan Laiming) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Lie Huozhong Yongsheng (Red Crag) (Choui Khoua) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1966 | ||||
| – Aa a result of the Cultural Revolution all film production ceases and the Beijing Film Academy is closed down. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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Report from China (Toshi Tokieda) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1970 | ||||
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Hong se niang zi jun (The Red Detachment of Women) (Jin Xie) [MORE] [ADD] |