October 1st, 1957. Dusk descends on Tiananmen Square, Peking. Fireworks crackle light across the night sky, above a city alive with National Day festivities and celebrations. Two intrepid New Zealand film-makers - Rudall and Ramai Te Miha Hayward - are there, documenting the life and times of communist China. The distinction of being the first English speaking foreigners to film unfettered in communist China was significant. The invitation to visit China was facilitated through the New Zealand China Friendship Society. They filmed in Canton, Shanghai, Peking (Beijing) and Wuhan. It was a small window of opportunity for Westerners to gaze on a country that was largely a mystery to the outside world since 1949. The unfortunate irony was that two of the documentaries; “Wonders of China”, and “Inside Red China”, were considered to be communist propaganda, and were not distributed outside of New Zealand.
3 Men and a Little Lady
Family, Comedy
5.9
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
Animation, Adventure, Family
6.1
Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence
Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery
7.1
Major League II
Comedy
5.7
Digimon Adventure
Animation, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
7.6
The New Comics
Comedy
5.3
Fire Birds
Action, Adventure
5.1
For Love of the Game
Drama, Romance
6.5
Cat Ballou
Western, Comedy
6.4
Liao Zhai - Home for the Intimate Ghosts
Fantasy
7.2
Beyond
Science Fiction, Animation
7.3
Pumpkinhead
Fantasy, Horror
6.4
White Zombie
Horror
5.9
Cyrano Agency
Romance, Comedy
6.9
Scars of Dracula
Horror
6.0
Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness
Adventure, Animation, Family, Comedy, Mystery, Science Fiction
7.8
Home for Rent
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
6.9
Critters 3
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
5.3
Tess
Drama, Romance
7.1
The Psychic
Mystery, Thriller, Horror
7.0
Die PKK in Europa - Freiheitskämpfer oder Terroristen?
Documentary, TV Movie
8.0
Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime
Documentary
8.6
Burn, Baby, Burn! - Wie Aerobic die Welt zum Schwitzen brachte
Documentary, History, TV Movie
8.0
The Godmother
Documentary, TV Movie
6.8
Carnalismo
Documentary
0.0
Was ist Zeit? - Das ewige Rätsel
Documentary, TV Movie
8.0
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
Documentary, Western
0.0
The 11th Hour
Documentary, Drama, Crime
6.7
Le Monde secret de la petite brique LEGO
Documentary
7.5
The Society of the Spectacle
Documentary
6.7
Numéro zéro
Documentary
9.5
The Sound of Identity
Documentary
7.0
Legacy
Documentary
8.1
La bataille de Saint-Léonard
Documentary, History
8.0
Cult People
Documentary
0.0
Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
Documentary
10.0
Cologne Cathedral: The French Cathedral on the Rhine
Documentary, TV Movie
8.0
Pathway
Documentary
3.0
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
Documentary, Music
6.0
Draussen bleiben
Documentary
0.0