History of Chinese Documentary Development

Author: Fang Fang
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This is a comprehensive, systematic, and detailed monograph that elaborates on and summarizes the formation history, development process, achievements, current status, and future trends of Chinese film documentaries and television documentaries. As a research outcome of a key national arts and sciences planning project, it has been approved by national evaluation and recognized by experts as a first-class academic achievement. The book primarily focuses on history while integrating historical analysis. The author adopts a rigorous scientific attitude and an empirical spirit, interviewing and locating firsthand witnesses, searching and reviewing relevant visual materials through various channels, and striving to rely on accurate data to meticulously examine and analyze each stage of Chinese documentary history. Based on a wealth of primary sources, the book systematically studies and evaluates the activities and achievements of film and television workers in the documentary field during different periods in China; the influence of global documentary theory and practice on Chinese documentaries in various eras; the impact of China's social, political, economic, cultural, and lifestyle developments on documentary growth; the development process of Chinese anthropological documentaries; as well as the development trajectory of documentaries in Hong Kong and Taiwan. At the same time, it clarifies many long-standing taboos that were previously avoided. For the division of developmental stages and periods, the book uses decades and the main characteristics and fundamental tendencies of creative works as the basis for chronological segmentation. Readers can confidently trace a clear and coherent line of the formation, transformation, and development of Chinese documentaries through the author's organization.