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Title As It Happened: Mao's Great Famine / Director: cabouat, Patrick
Published Australia : SBS ONE, 2012
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Summary Between 1958 and 1962, China lived through tragedy on an epic scale. The 'Great Leap Forward' - conceived by Mao Tse-Tung to achieve autonomy from the USSR - led to a catastrophic famine resulting in the death of between 36 and 55 million people. While the Communist Party justified the terrible outcome as 'three years of natural disasters', the tragedy was masked by an official lie, because while China was starving to death, the grain stores were full. Testimony from survivors, rare archive footage, and interviews with leading historians provide an insight into the catastrophe. (From France, in English and Mandarin) (Documentary) CC
Event Broadcast 2012-06-15 at 21:30:00
Notes Classification: PG
Subject Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
Chinese -- Politics and government.
Economic development -- Government policy.
Famines -- Social aspects.
Food supply -- Government policy.
China.
Form Streaming video
Author cabouat, Patrick, director
Xun, Zhou, host
Zhang, Shen, contributor
Dabai, Liu, contributor
Dikotter, Frank, contributor
Jisheng, Yang, contributor
Nan, Zhao, contributor
Ping, Lin, contributor
Po, Li, contributor
Shuhua, Hu, contributor
Shusheng, Deng, contributor
Weihua, Yu, contributor