A documentary film that aims to reflect true stories happening
during the Chinese Red Army's Long March will be broadcast by the US History
Channel at eight o'clock next Monday evening. This is the first
time a Chinese documentary film will be shown by mainstream US
media, the Beijing Daily reported.
The film was a joint production by the Central Newsreel and
Documentary Film Studio and the Beijing Hua Yi Union Cultural Media
Investment Co Ltd.
"We aim to make a film about the Long March acceptable to people
all over the world by telling what actually happened in those
years," said Liu Xiaolin, executive president of the Beijing Hua Yi
Union.
"It is our hope that foreigners will be able to understand more
about China through this film. The Long March is considered as a
miracle in the Chinese revolutionary history and the Chinese
military history. We and all the other Chinese people will feel
proud if more foreigners can know about the great event," Liu
added.
The whole process of the film was based on international
standards, from plotting, production, photographing, to
postproduction. The crew even filmed in locations where the Long
March actually happened.
In order to make an authentic record, the movie interviewed more
than 20 veteran soldiers from the Red Army about their personal
experiences. Local people who once lived along the route and
witnessed the event were also invited to recall that part of the
history. The interviewees in the film include military experts from
China, the US and the UK, scholars, as well as veteran Kuomintang
soldiers.
Dick Wilson, a Westerner who introduced the Chinese revolution
to the rest of the world even earlier than Edgar Snow, was also
invited to join the film.
So far, media groups from the UK, South Korea, Australia, and
the US have signed purchasing contracts for the film, Liu said.
(China News Service April 28, 2007)
