Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
| Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shui-Bo Wang |
| Produced by | Don McWilliams |
| Narrated by | Shui-Bo Wang |
| Cinematography | Pierre Landry Lynda Pelley |
| Edited by | Don McWilliams |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 29 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square (Template:Lang-fr) is a 1998 National Film Board of Canada short animated documentary directed by Shui-Bo Wang. It is an autobiography about the director's life, career and ultimate disillusionment with The People's Republic of China. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, losing to The Personals.[1][2]
Other honours for the film included the Gemini Award for Best History/Biography Documentary program and the award for Best Short Documentary at Hot Docs.[3]
References
- ^ "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
- ^ "NY Times: Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square". NY Times. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
- ^ "Awards". National Film Board of Canada Web site. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
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- 1998 films
- 1990s documentary films
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- English-language films
- Documentary films about historical events
- Canadian short documentary films
- Animated documentary films
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- Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
- Gemini Award-winning programs
- National Film Board of Canada documentaries
- Chinese-Canadian films
- Autobiographical documentary films
- Documentary films about China
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