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Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square

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Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
Directed byShui-Bo Wang
Produced byDon McWilliams
Narrated byShui-Bo Wang
CinematographyPierre Landry
Lynda Pelley
Edited byDon McWilliams
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • October 16, 1998 (1998-10-16)
Running time
29 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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.

Summary

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It is an autobiography about the director's life, career and ultimate disillusionment with the Chinese Communist Party.

Accolades

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  2. ^ "NY Times: Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
  3. ^ "Our Collcection: Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square". National Film Board of Canada. 1998. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "Awards". National Film Board of Canada Web site. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
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