Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
1998 animated short documentary
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Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square (French: Le jour se lève sur la place Tienanmen) is a 1998 short animated documentary directed by Shui-Bo Wang and distributed by the National Film Board of Canada.
Directed byShui-Bo Wang
Produced byDon McWilliams
Narrated byShui-Bo Wang
CinematographyPierre Landry
Lynda Pelley
Lynda Pelley
| Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square | |
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| Directed by | Shui-Bo Wang |
| Produced by | Don McWilliams |
| Narrated by | Shui-Bo Wang |
| Cinematography | Pierre Landry Lynda Pelley |
| Edited by | Don McWilliams |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 29 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Summary
It is an autobiography about the director's life, career and ultimate disillusionment with the Chinese Communist Party.
Accolades
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, but lost to The Personals.[1][2]
Other honours for the film included the Gemini Award for Best History/Biography Documentary program, the Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for Best Documentary Short Subject,[3] and the award for Best Short Documentary at Hot Docs.[4]
