The Red Detachment of Women (1970 film)

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| name = The Red Detachment of Women

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| caption = Xue Jinghua as Wu Qinghua in Act I

| director = {{ubl|Pan Wenzhan (潘文展)|Fu Jie (傅杰)}}

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| writer =

| narrator =

| starring = Xue Jinghua

| music = Liu Shida (刘士达)

| cinematography = Li Wenhua (李文化)

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| studio = Beijing Film Studio中国艺术影片编目 p962

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| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = China

| language = Mandarin

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The Red Detachment of Women ({{zh|s=红色娘子军|p=Hóngsè Niángzǐjūn}}) is a 1970 Chinese filmed performance of the Chinese ballet of the same name (originally produced in 1964) – which itself was a version of director Xie Jin's original 1961 film. The style is called 'yangbanxi' (revolutionary model dramas.){{cite web | url=http://www.asia.si.edu/events/films.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3devent%26eventid%3d102098361 | title=The Red Detachment of Women | publisher=Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - | date=1 November 2012 |author= Chi, Robert | accessdate=November 1, 2012}} It is one of eight approved revolutionary model dramas made during the Cultural Revolution. A Beijing Opera version was filmed by the August First Film Studio in 1972.中国艺术影片编目 p970

Plot summary

In the 1930s, on Hainan Island, the heroine, Wu Qinghua, escapes from Nan Batian, an evil landlord, and becomes the leader of a women's militia, under the guidance of Hong Changqing, a Communist Party secretary.

Cast

World Events

File:Panel Discussion about Red Detachment of Women Film 030.jpg

On 11 November 2012, in Washington, D.C., a panel discussion with Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Dr,. Chi Wang, Dr. Carma Hinton, and Dr. Michael Chang discussed the effect of this film had on the Cultural Revolution and on Chinese film.

References

Sources

{{cite book |editor-last=China Movie Material Institute |date=1981 |title=中国艺术影片编目 (1949-1979) |trans-title=China Art Film Catalog (1949-1979) |language=Chinese |location=Beijing |publisher=Culture and Arts Press}}