Inside Red China

Name: Inside Red China
Released: 1958-08-19
Rating: 8

8.0/10 (1)

·1958· 28 min

Director: Rudall Hayward

October 1st, 1957. Dusk descends on Tiananmen Square, Peking. Fireworks crackle light across the night sky, above a city alive with National Day festivities and celebrations. Two intrepid New Zealand film-makers - Rudall and Ramai Te Miha Hayward - are there, documenting the life and times of communist China. The distinction of being the first English speaking foreigners to film unfettered in communist China was significant. The invitation to visit China was facilitated through the New Zealand China Friendship Society. They filmed in Canton, Shanghai, Peking (Beijing) and Wuhan. It was a small window of opportunity for Westerners to gaze on a country that was largely a mystery to the outside world since 1949. The unfortunate irony was that two of the documentaries; “Wonders of China”, and “Inside Red China”, were considered to be communist propaganda, and were not distributed outside of New Zealand.

Cast

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Ramai Hayward

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Mao Zedong

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In brief

Inside Red China (1958) is a documentary film. With an average rating of 8.0/10 from 1 votes, it's one of the higher-rated titles. The film runs 28min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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Inside Red China runs 28 minutes (28min).

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Inside Red China has an average rating of 8.0/10 based on 1 viewer votes on TMDB.

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Inside Red China was released in 1958.