List of TV and films with critiques of Chinese Communist Party explained

This list shows TV and film content that includes at least one critique of the Chinese Communist Party's actions. The list helps to understand where censorship of content outside of China by its ruling party has taken place, and where it hasn't.

Films by major studios

These films by major studios tend to receive far greater financing, advertising and reach than independent films

TitleYearTypeProducer
No major films critique China after 1997[1] [2]
Kundun[3] 1997DramaDisney
Seven Years in Tibet1997DramaSony
Red Corner1997Mystery/thrillerMGM

Independent films

Independent films are done outside of a major studio and often include documentaries

TitleYearTypeProducerDistributor
Revolution of Our Times2021Documentary Kiwi Chow
Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times[4] 2021DocumentaryPeggy Callahan, Mark MonroeNetflix
China Undercover[5] 2020InvestigativeFrontlinePBS
PBS Newshour Presents: China: Power and Prosperity[6] 2020NewsPBS
Do Not Split[7] 2020DocumentaryAnders Hammer, Charlotte CookField of Vision
Tiananmen: The People vs. the Party2019DocumentaryPBS
[8] 2017DocumentaryMark Rinehart, Matthew Torne, Andrew Duncan, Joe PiscatellaNetflix
Tibetan Warrior: The True Story of One Man's Fight for Freedom2015DocumentaryUrs Schnell
Ten Years[9] 2015Sci-fi
Tibet's End? Sterilization in the Land of Snows2015DocumentaryBlake Kerr
Hong Kong will be Destroyed after 33 Years2014Sci-fi
The Dossier[10] 2014
The River of Life2014
I Want To Be a People's Representative2014
Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd[11] 2014DocumentaryPatricio Henríquez, Colette Loumède
Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile2014DocumentaryNorah Shapiro
Web Junkie[12] 2013DocumentaryHilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam, Neta Zwebner-Zaibert
A Touch of Sin[13] 2013AnthologyShôzô Ichiyama
When Night Falls[14] 2012Drama
Listening to Third Grandmother's Stories2012
Female Directors2012
People's Park2012Musical Documentary
Ping'an Xueqing2011
Tibet: In the Land of the Brave2011DocumentaryGeneviève Brault
Tibet in Song[15] 2009DocumentaryNgawang Choephel
Tibet: Beyond Fear2008DocumentaryMichael Perlman
Tibet: Murder in the Snow2008DocumentarySally Ingleton
20462004Sci-fi
[16] 2003DocumentaryMaria Florio, Victoria Mudd, Sue Peosay, Tom Peosay
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy[17] 1984DocumentaryGraham Coleman

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: February 21, 2022 . Hollywood relies on China to stay afloat. What does that mean for movies? . NPR .
  2. Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Battle for Global Supremacy. Erich Schwartzel. 2022. .
  3. Web site: Siegel . Tatiana . 2020-08-05 . Hollywood Is "Increasingly Normalizing" Self-Censorship for China, Report Finds . 2023-01-29 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  4. Web site: Schager . Nick . 2021-06-12 . 'Mission: Joy – Finding Happiness in Troubled Times' Review: A Blandly Inspirational Doc About Happiness . 2023-01-29 . Variety . en-US.
  5. Web site: China Undercover . 2023-01-29 . FRONTLINE . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2019-09-25 . China: Power and Prosperity . 2023-01-29 . PBS NewsHour . en-us.
  7. Web site: The story behind the Oscar-nominated documentary China doesn't want you to see . 2023-01-29 . ABC News . en.
  8. Web site: Rechtshaffen . Michael . 2017-05-25 . Review: Stirring doc 'Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower' captures emergence of a young leader . 2023-01-29 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  9. Web site: Hoad . Phil . Ten Years and the underground history of Chinese sci-fi . 2023-01-29 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
  10. Web site: Pearlman . Ellen . 2015-08-06 . What China Doesn't Want You to See: The Beijing Film Festival Comes to New York . 2023-01-29 . Hyperallergic . en-US.
  11. Web site: Prime Video: Uyghurs, Prisoners of the Absurd . 2023-01-29 . www.primevideo.com . en-us.
  12. News: Medalia . Shosh Shlam and Hilla . 2014-08-09 . China Doesn't Want You to See the Internet Addiction Film 'Web Junkie' . en . The Daily Beast . 2023-01-29.
  13. Beam . Christopher . 2013-12-04 . China Doesn't Want You to See This Year's Best Chinese Film . The New Republic . 2023-01-29 . 0028-6583.
  14. A Movie China Doesn't Want You to See . 2023-01-29 . The New Yorker . 25 October 2012 . en-us . 2021-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210123024917/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/a-movie-china-doesnt-want-you-to-see . bot: unknown .
  15. Web site: Addiego . Walter . 2010-11-05 . 'Tibet in Song' review: Tradition under siege . 2023-01-29 . SFGATE . en-US.
  16. Web site: Guthmann . Edward . LaSalle . Mick . 2003-10-03 . FILM CLIPS / Also opening today . 2023-01-29 . SFGATE . en-US.
  17. Web site: Movie Review: Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy . 2023-01-29 . www.austinchronicle.com . en-US.

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