Mao Zedong Movies

Through abrupt soundtrack shifts, this short film jumps between historical political imagery to explore the cinematic language of propaganda,...

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from...

French documentary from 2013. Mao Zedong and his fourth wife Jiang Qing were married for 37 years, from 1939 until Mao's death in 1976. After his...

An amazingly harrowing story of the 17 day engagement of bloody combat and heroic survival in subartic temperatures. UN forces largely outnumbered...

Soviet documentary on the 1980–1981 trial of China's Gang of Four

A documentary about American journalist Edgar Snow's experiences in China, made up of footage he personally shot in the 1930s and during his 1964 and...

The extraordinary destiny of two people. After the Second World War, Lois is an actress in Broadway theatre, television and Hollywood films. Her...

An overview of the lives of Richard Nixon and Chairman Mao, focusing on the geopolitical forces that led to their meeting in 1972 and the resulting...

Soviet documentary on Beijing's anti-Vietnam policies before the 1979 border war

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

Nagisa Oshima's documentary details the rise of Chairman Mao during the revolution and shows the Communist Party's struggle and cultural upheaval....

A documentary examining Maoism and its consequences for China

1979 Soviet film criticizing the internal situation and expansionist policies of post-Mao China

Looks at how attitudes to sex have changed in China over the years.