Painting For The Revolution: Peasants Paintings from HU County

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2005

Documentary

1 hour 10 minutes

Summary

Hu County, in suburban Xi’an, is famous for its peasant paintings, produced in 1958 during the Great Leap Forward. It became particularly famous during the Cultural Revolution, when these works were hailed as model paintings. In 2005, the directors visited the county and interviewed both the painters and their teachers. Comparing different political languages and artistic imaginings across the ages, the film draws on diverse sources: old documentary film clips, new propaganda paintings, Beijing Opera in the local “Qin” accent, and traces of the old amongst the new. All these elements are engaged to help us better understand the painters and the phenomenon of propaganda paintings

Ai Xiaoming

Director

Hu Jie

Director

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Original Name为革命画画:户县农民画 (Painting For The Revolution: Peasants Paintings from HU County)

StatusReleased: 20 years ago
January 2, 2005

Language普通话

Spoken Languages普通话

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