China Movies

Despite being pregnant, A female commissar continues to resist the Japanese invasion and forward the communist cause.

How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich? Must a society lose its...

Rong Chen would like to keep her place in the recorder group, Shao Yu wants to give up playing. She asks him for tips, and by practicing together,...

Livestreaming your life to a devoted audience is big business. What happens when the cameras are off?

Three faded photographs lead the filmmaker Tian Macleod Ji and his great uncle to China’s countryside, on a journey to explore both the tender...

In China, there exists an astonishing place. A burial ground to rival Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, where pyramid tombs of stupendous size are...

A report on the detention of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China.

The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of...

After her mom dies, Mya discovers an old photograph that sets her on a journey to find her long-lost father in the exotic deserts of Mongolia. Along...

During World War II, Chinese guerrillas fight against the occupying Japanese forces. A young woman is the secret leader of the villagers, who plot to...

Three farming families in Hanyuan, China, strive to give their children a good life in the midst of an ecological crisis, as widespread use of...

Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China is on its way to becoming the leading world power of the 21st century. What goals is the mysterious...

In their infinite quest for virgin big walls, adventurers Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll, Nicolas Favresse, Stephane Hanssens and Evrard...

Presented by the British Museum this is the story of the most famous army in the world. A triumph of early mass production and craftmanship, they...

The life and trials of You Tianming, a young suona apprentice who forms his own suona troupe at a time when the traditions of suona music are...

Nana Xu travels to the place built by her father as a prisoner during the Cultural Revolution: first a work camp, later a prison, fruit farm and...

This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s...

A documentary chronicling the coming of age of a young chinese man.

Arts documentary, first broadcast before Ai Weiwei's arrest by the Chinese authorities in April 2011, and his subsequent release after being detained...