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1. The great step forward China women in the 20th century (2003)
A two-part look at how Chinese women broke with their age-old traditions of subservience and prejudice to confront issues and agitate for reforms in the 20th century. Part one examines the turning points from the la...
A two-part look at how Chinese women broke with their age-old traditions of subservience and prejudice to confront issues and agitate for reforms in the 20th century. Part one examines the turning points from the la...
2. Chinese religions (2001)
In this program, Hans Kung seeks to understand the religions of China - officially a religion-free zone during China's period of strict Communist rule - as well as the holistically oriented practices of traditional ...
In this program, Hans Kung seeks to understand the religions of China - officially a religion-free zone during China's period of strict Communist rule - as well as the holistically oriented practices of traditional ...
3. Feng shui the traditional way to happiness (2001)
Yap Cheng Hai and other feng shui consultants provide an overview of Taoism, chi, yin and yang, the five symbolic elements and animals, the bagua and its eight trigrams, and the lo pan compass. Additionally, the fen...
Yap Cheng Hai and other feng shui consultants provide an overview of Taoism, chi, yin and yang, the five symbolic elements and animals, the bagua and its eight trigrams, and the lo pan compass. Additionally, the fen...
4. Chinese art treasures of the National Palace Museum (1999)
This program spotlights 33 works of Chinese art seldom ever seen outside of the National Palace Museum. Including: a Neolithic pottery jar, bronze fangzu and fangyi vessels from the late Shang to early Zhou period, ...
This program spotlights 33 works of Chinese art seldom ever seen outside of the National Palace Museum. Including: a Neolithic pottery jar, bronze fangzu and fangyi vessels from the late Shang to early Zhou period, ...
5. Zi jin cheng Forbidden city : the great within (1995)
This program explores the history of imperial China through its symbolic heart: Beijing, the "Forbidden City." The program presents a visually stunning tour of the hub of the world's oldest bureaucracy and center fo...
This program explores the history of imperial China through its symbolic heart: Beijing, the "Forbidden City." The program presents a visually stunning tour of the hub of the world's oldest bureaucracy and center fo...
6. A nation of immigrants the Chinese-American experience (1991)
Discusses immigration to the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular emphasis on movement to the western region by immigrants from China.
Discusses immigration to the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular emphasis on movement to the western region by immigrants from China.
7. Chinese-Americans living in two worlds (1999)
A documentary about Ella, a young Chinese American woman, her siblings, and her parents. Ella is debating whether to begin her career after college in Manhattan or in Hong Kong. Ella discusses how she feels "too Ame...
A documentary about Ella, a young Chinese American woman, her siblings, and her parents. Ella is debating whether to begin her career after college in Manhattan or in Hong Kong. Ella discusses how she feels "too Ame...
8. Family ties the story of Adeline Yen Mah (1997)
Adeline Yen Mah, the author of Falling leaves, traces her and her family's life from Shanghai of the 1930s to the Cultural Revolution, through her life as a doctor in California.
Adeline Yen Mah, the author of Falling leaves, traces her and her family's life from Shanghai of the 1930s to the Cultural Revolution, through her life as a doctor in California.
9. Salisbury's report on China the 40th anniversary of the revolution (1989)
Harrison Salisbury, a New York Times correspondent, witness to much of the history of the Chinese revolution and confidant of many of its leading political figures, is the host of this series, which covers the histo...
Harrison Salisbury, a New York Times correspondent, witness to much of the history of the Chinese revolution and confidant of many of its leading political figures, is the host of this series, which covers the histo...
10. Mao Tse-Tung the architect of modern China (1990)
This program looks at the life and legacy of Mao Tse-Tung: birth, education, enlistment in the revolutionary army; founding the Communist Party and the first Chinese Soviet; adapting Marxism to Chinese culture; vict...
This program looks at the life and legacy of Mao Tse-Tung: birth, education, enlistment in the revolutionary army; founding the Communist Party and the first Chinese Soviet; adapting Marxism to Chinese culture; vict...
11. Mao par lui-même Mao by Mao (1977)
An autobiographical look at the life and influence of Mao Zedong, Marxist theorist, soldier, and statesman. The commentary of this film is exclusively composed of excerpts from Mao Tsê-tung's speeches and writings, ...
An autobiographical look at the life and influence of Mao Zedong, Marxist theorist, soldier, and statesman. The commentary of this film is exclusively composed of excerpts from Mao Tsê-tung's speeches and writings, ...
12. A Chinese cracker the making of The peony pavilion in Shanghai, New York and... (2000)
Written by 16th-century Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu, The peony pavilion is a 19-hour epic opera in 57 episodes that tells a story of youth and love literally triumphing over death. This program follows director C...
Written by 16th-century Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu, The peony pavilion is a 19-hour epic opera in 57 episodes that tells a story of youth and love literally triumphing over death. This program follows director C...
13. The stories of Maxine Hong Kingston (1990)
Maxine Hong Kingston, in conversation with Bill Moyers, talks about her writing, her published works, and the interaction of Chinese and American consciousness.
Maxine Hong Kingston, in conversation with Bill Moyers, talks about her writing, her published works, and the interaction of Chinese and American consciousness.
14. The play's the thing China's Cultural Revolution (2000)
The Cultural Revolution of China, which started in 1966, was an attempt by Chairman Mao to control the Chinese people. Beginning with an excerpt from The dismissal of Hai Rui, this program presents the details of th...
The Cultural Revolution of China, which started in 1966, was an attempt by Chairman Mao to control the Chinese people. Beginning with an excerpt from The dismissal of Hai Rui, this program presents the details of th...
15. Democracy in China a billion small voices (1999)
Explores the impact of democratic village elections and how they could reshape the future of China, where approximately 80% of the population is rural. This program focuses on the efforts of the Carter Center to sup...
Explores the impact of democratic village elections and how they could reshape the future of China, where approximately 80% of the population is rural. This program focuses on the efforts of the Carter Center to sup...
16. Angel Island (2000)
From 1910 until 1943, Chinese immigrants to America passed through Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Unlike other groups, the Chinese were legally discriminated against under an 1882 law called the Chinese Exclusio...
From 1910 until 1943, Chinese immigrants to America passed through Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Unlike other groups, the Chinese were legally discriminated against under an 1882 law called the Chinese Exclusio...
17. Choice for a Chinese woman enlightenment in a Buddhist convent (1993)
Portrait of a Chinese teenager from a poor rural family who ran away to a Buddhist convent. The film examines life in the convent and the religious conventions and convictions of everyday people trained since the Ma...
Portrait of a Chinese teenager from a poor rural family who ran away to a Buddhist convent. The film examines life in the convent and the religious conventions and convictions of everyday people trained since the Ma...
18. Tiananmen hostage (1999)
Examines the events that led to the Tiananmen Square demonstration and massacre in June, 1989. Focuses on astrophysicist Fang Lizhi and his wife, Li Shuxian, who some say fomented the demonstration. Explores China-U...
Examines the events that led to the Tiananmen Square demonstration and massacre in June, 1989. Focuses on astrophysicist Fang Lizhi and his wife, Li Shuxian, who some say fomented the demonstration. Explores China-U...
19. Chinese prison labor inside China's Gulag (1993)
Through prison interviews and undercover footage of factories in the laogai, or Chinese labor camps, Harry Wu, a Chinese dissident who was released after 19 years, discloses the imprisonment, brainwashing, and tortu...
Through prison interviews and undercover footage of factories in the laogai, or Chinese labor camps, Harry Wu, a Chinese dissident who was released after 19 years, discloses the imprisonment, brainwashing, and tortu...
20. China, the agony of a giant (1987)
A collection of film footage from the 1930s highlights the social and economic changes which characterize this decade in China. Examines: the Manchurian Incident, the Japanese invasion of mainland China, loan sharks...
A collection of film footage from the 1930s highlights the social and economic changes which characterize this decade in China. Examines: the Manchurian Incident, the Japanese invasion of mainland China, loan sharks...
21. Re-education in Shanghai (1991)
Explores the Chinese government's response in Shanghai to the West's influence on its culture and people, specifically through its "Labor Education Centers." In these centers men, mainly in their twenties, are incar...
Explores the Chinese government's response in Shanghai to the West's influence on its culture and people, specifically through its "Labor Education Centers." In these centers men, mainly in their twenties, are incar...
22. It's right to rebel (1984)
Explains the meaning and results of Mao Tse-tung's slogan, "It's right to rebel." Discusses the Chinese Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, which began in 1966 to root out "bourgeois reactionaries" and capitalist...
Explains the meaning and results of Mao Tse-tung's slogan, "It's right to rebel." Discusses the Chinese Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, which began in 1966 to root out "bourgeois reactionaries" and capitalist...
23. Ancient civilizations Ancient China (1997)
From the creation legend of Panku to the demise of the Han Dynasty, this program traces Chinese history and explores the roots of Chinese culture today.
From the creation legend of Panku to the demise of the Han Dynasty, this program traces Chinese history and explores the roots of Chinese culture today.
24. The immortal emperor (1996)
Reveals life in the Qin Dynasty, under China's first emperor, Shi Huangdi, circa. 221 B.C. Historians, archaeologists, and other experts extrapolate from discoveries made in the ruler's tomb, as they examine the pol...
Reveals life in the Qin Dynasty, under China's first emperor, Shi Huangdi, circa. 221 B.C. Historians, archaeologists, and other experts extrapolate from discoveries made in the ruler's tomb, as they examine the pol...
25. Becoming American the Chinese experience [Volume 1] Gold mountain dreams (2003)
In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, this program traces the history and experiences of Chinese in the U.S., from the Gold Rush in California and the building of the Transcontinental Ra...
In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, this program traces the history and experiences of Chinese in the U.S., from the Gold Rush in California and the building of the Transcontinental Ra...