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.
Gasping for Air
Drama
6.7
Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill
Comedy
5.6
Fabrice Eboué - Levez-vous !
Comedy
7.2
Liebe ist die beste Medizin
Drama
4.0
Lion, London Zoological Gardens
Documentary
5.2
Uplotneniye
Romance, Comedy
4.9
Return
Horror
6.4
Angry Boss
9.5
Six: Inside
Documentary
8.5
Dwellers of the Mountain’s Forest
Animation, Action, Fantasy
7.0
Johan Falk: Lockdown
Action, Crime, Thriller
7.4
War
War
9.5
Sergey Orlov: Genetic Province
Comedy
10.0
Love Without Borders
Romance, Comedy
5.4
1:11
Drama
6.4
Big Sur Gay Porn
Documentary
9.2
The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit, Across the Wild Land, Through the Dark Forest, Beyond the Misty Mountains. There and Back Again
Adventure, Fantasy, TV Movie
6.8
Station Six-Sahara
Drama
5.9
Home
TV Movie, Drama, Horror
6.9
Paris By Night 123 - Ao Anh
8.0
Information for/from Outsiders: Chronicles from Kashmir
Documentary, Drama
0.0
A Cam Life
Documentary
4.6
Watermarks - Three Letters from China
Documentary
7.8
A Taste of Whale
Documentary
9.0
The Road to Fame
Documentary, Music
0.0
One Fire One Mouth
Documentary, Music
0.0
Born to Win: the King Pro League Saga
Documentary
0.0
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
Documentary
0.0
Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows
Documentary, Drama
8.0
ZONA/
Documentary, Music
0.0
Tekoşer. Il Partigiano Orso
Documentary
0.0
Camp Yoshi
Documentary
0.0
Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
Documentary
10.0
Just Like You: Anxiety + Depression
Documentary
0.0
The 11th Hour
Documentary, Drama, Crime
6.7
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
Documentary, History, TV Movie
6.4
Killing for Culture: The Birth of Atrocity Cinema
Documentary
0.0
Breaking Social
Documentary
7.7
Total Trust
Documentary
8.0
Chasing Bonnie & Clyde
Crime, Documentary
0.0