Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung (also known as Chairman Mao) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China. His Marxist–Leninist theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. A controversial figure, Mao is regarded as one of the most important individuals in modern world history, and is also known as a theorist, military strategist, poet and visionary.

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Naqoyqatsi (2002)

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Godfrey Reggio
CAST:  Marlon Brando  •  Elton John  •  Julia Louis-Dreyfus  •  Adolf Hitler

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Godfrey Reggio
CAST:  Marlon Brando  •  Elton John  •  Julia Louis-Dreyfus  •  Adolf Hitler

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)

"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Kuran
CAST:  William Shatner  •  Edward Teller  •  W.H.P. Blandy  •  Frank H. Shelton

"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Kuran
CAST:  William Shatner  •  Edward Teller  •  W.H.P. Blandy  •  Frank H. Shelton

Human Remains (1998)

Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of the 20th century's most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Rosenblatt
CAST:  Eva Braun  •  Francisco Franco  •  Adolf Hitler  •  Vladimir Lenin

Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of the 20th century's most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Rosenblatt
CAST:  Eva Braun  •  Francisco Franco  •  Adolf Hitler  •  Vladimir Lenin

Our Nixon (2013)

Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Penny Lane
CAST:  Richard Nixon  •  John Ehrlichman  •  Harry Robbins Haldeman  •  Dwight L. Chapin

Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Penny Lane
CAST:  Richard Nixon  •  John Ehrlichman  •  Harry Robbins Haldeman  •  Dwight L. Chapin

Sputnik Mania (2007)

Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth, bringing America to its knees in awe - then fear. Initially thrilling as a marvel of science, Sputnik was soon viewed by America a weapon of mass ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hoffman
CAST:  Walt Disney  •  Dwight D. Eisenhower  •  Mamie Eisenhower  •  Adolf Hitler

Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth, bringing America to its knees in awe - then fear. Initially thrilling as a marvel of science, Sputnik was soon viewed by America a weapon of mass ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hoffman
CAST:  Walt Disney  •  Dwight D. Eisenhower  •  Mamie Eisenhower  •  Adolf Hitler

A Grin Without a Cat (1977)

French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Marker
CAST:  Laurence Guvillier  •  Davos Hanich  •  François Maspero  •  Yves Montand

French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Marker
CAST:  Laurence Guvillier  •  Davos Hanich  •  François Maspero  •  Yves Montand

Mao's Last Dancer (2009)

At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Beresford
CAST:  Chi Cao  •  Chengwu Guo  •  Wen Bin Huang  •  Joan Chen

At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Beresford
CAST:  Chi Cao  •  Chengwu Guo  •  Wen Bin Huang  •  Joan Chen

The Society of the Spectacle (1974)

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Debord
CAST:  Leonid Brezhnev  •  Fidel Castro  •  Guy Debord  •  Jacques Duclos

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Debord
CAST:  Leonid Brezhnev  •  Fidel Castro  •  Guy Debord  •  Jacques Duclos

All Eyes And Ears (2015)

Directed by Vanessa Hope  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vanessa Hope
CAST:  Hillary Clinton  •  Hu Jintao  •  Jimmy Carter  •  Mao Zedong

Directed by Vanessa Hope  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vanessa Hope
CAST:  Hillary Clinton  •  Hu Jintao  •  Jimmy Carter  •  Mao Zedong

JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick (2014)

The real reasons and orchestrators behind Hitler, to an incredible theory of the JFK assassination, all the way to 9/11 and the current age of the terrorist. Taken from an historical perspective starting around World War 1 leading to present day.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Francis Richard Conolly  •  Bill Clinton  •  King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom  •  Wallis Simpson

The real reasons and orchestrators behind Hitler, to an incredible theory of the JFK assassination, all the way to 9/11 and the current age of the terrorist. Taken from an historical perspective starting around World War 1 leading to present day.  (more)

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CAST:  Francis Richard Conolly  •  Bill Clinton  •  King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom  •  Wallis Simpson

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words (2014)

From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter W. Kunhardt
CAST:  Richard Nixon  •  David Brinkley  •  Pat Buchanan  •  Stephen Bull

From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter W. Kunhardt
CAST:  Richard Nixon  •  David Brinkley  •  Pat Buchanan  •  Stephen Bull

The Battle Of Chosin (2016)

An amazingly harrowing story of the 17 day engagement of bloody combat and heroic survival in subartic temperatures. UN forces largely outnumbered and surrounded, due to a surprise attack led by 120,000 Chinese troops.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Randall MacLowry
CAST:  Michael Murphy  •  Douglas MacArthur  •  Mao Zedong

An amazingly harrowing story of the 17 day engagement of bloody combat and heroic survival in subartic temperatures. UN forces largely outnumbered and surrounded, due to a surprise attack led by 120,000 Chinese troops.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Randall MacLowry
CAST:  Michael Murphy  •  Douglas MacArthur  •  Mao Zedong

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer (2019)

Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow. Overwhelmed by the weight of power. The numerous exploits of André Malraux (1901-1976).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Villetard
CAST:  Laurent Poitrenaux  •  Olivier Todd  •  Charles-Louis Foulon  •  Vincent Martigny

Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow. Overwhelmed by the weight of power. The numerous exploits of André Malraux (1901-1976).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Villetard
CAST:  Laurent Poitrenaux  •  Olivier Todd  •  Charles-Louis Foulon  •  Vincent Martigny

The Man Who Defied Beijing (2019)

A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Haski
CAST:  Perry Link  •  Hao Jian  •  Jean-Philippe Béja  •  Xu Youyu

A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Haski
CAST:  Perry Link  •  Hao Jian  •  Jean-Philippe Béja  •  Xu Youyu

Korea: The Never-Ending War (2019)

Shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot, the film — written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Korean-American actor John Cho — confronts the myth of the “Forgotten War,” documenting the post-1953 conflict and global consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Maggio
CAST:  John Cho  •  Madeleine Albright  •  Park Chung-hee  •  George W. Bush

Shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot, the film — written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Korean-American actor John Cho — confronts the myth of the “Forgotten War,” documenting the post-1953 conflict and global consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Maggio
CAST:  John Cho  •  Madeleine Albright  •  Park Chung-hee  •  George W. Bush

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DIRECTION:  Luca Iannitti
CAST:  Fidel Castro  •  Alberto Granado  •  Hồ Chí Minh  •  Jean-Paul Sartre

A Home Far Away (2012)

The extraordinary destiny of two people. After the Second World War, Lois is an actress in Broadway theatre, television and Hollywood films. Her husband, Edgar Snow, is world famous. A pioneer fascinated by China, he is the first journalist to film and interview ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Entell
CAST:  Lois Wheeler Snow  •  Edgar Snow  •  Mao Zedong  •  Zhou Enlai

The extraordinary destiny of two people. After the Second World War, Lois is an actress in Broadway theatre, television and Hollywood films. Her husband, Edgar Snow, is world famous. A pioneer fascinated by China, he is the first journalist to film and interview ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Entell
CAST:  Lois Wheeler Snow  •  Edgar Snow  •  Mao Zedong  •  Zhou Enlai

China Strikes Back (1937)

In 1936 and 1937 Harry Dunham shot "several hundred feet of film," being the first cameraman to penetrate into the Shensi region and obtain footage of the Communist forces in China. He smuggled his film out and placed it in the hands of Frontier Films. Leyda, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Lerner  •  Harry Dunham
CAST:  Teh Chu  •  Mao Zedong

In 1936 and 1937 Harry Dunham shot "several hundred feet of film," being the first cameraman to penetrate into the Shensi region and obtain footage of the Communist forces in China. He smuggled his film out and placed it in the hands of Frontier Films. Leyda, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Lerner  •  Harry Dunham
CAST:  Teh Chu  •  Mao Zedong

Mao by Mao (1977)

A film-détournement biography of Mao Tse-tung in which the life of the recently deceased Great Helmsman is told in his own words, using quotes culled from various Red Guard publications. The rise to power of the film's namesake appears as the inevitable outcome of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Viénet  •  Wu Xing-ming  •  Francis Deron
CAST:  Mao Zedong

A film-détournement biography of Mao Tse-tung in which the life of the recently deceased Great Helmsman is told in his own words, using quotes culled from various Red Guard publications. The rise to power of the film's namesake appears as the inevitable outcome of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Viénet  •  Wu Xing-ming  •  Francis Deron
CAST:  Mao Zedong

De Gaulle, the Last King of France (2017)

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was statesman of action and has been compared to a monarch. This film depicts the general’s personality through the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Rotman
CAST:  Samuel Labarthe  •  Charles de Gaulle  •  André Malraux  •  Pierre Mendès France

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was statesman of action and has been compared to a monarch. This film depicts the general’s personality through the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Rotman
CAST:  Samuel Labarthe  •  Charles de Gaulle  •  André Malraux  •  Pierre Mendès France
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