The true story of the seven weeks that changed China forever. On June 4, 1989, pro-democracy demonstrations were violently and bloodily repressed. Thousands of people died, but the basis for China's future was definitely planted.
Cast
Corey Johnson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Howard Zhang
Self - Narrator (voice)
Shen Tong
Self - Student Leader (1989)
Jean-Philippe Béja
Self - Sinologist
Wu'er Kaixi
Self - Student Leader (1989)
Wang Dan
Self - Student Leader (1989)
Zhang Jian
Self - Student (1989)
Bao Tong
Self - Politician
Wang Chaohua
Self - Student (1989)
Perry Link
Self - Sinologist
Muriel Southerland
Self - Witness (1989)
Andrew Nathan
Self - Sinologist
Robin Munro
Self - Activist
Zhang Lun
Self - Student (1989)
Su Xiaokang
Self - Writer
Rose Tang
Self - Student (1989)
Cai Chongguo
Self - Writer
Ma Jian
Self - Writer
Wu Renhua
Self - Historian
Deng Xiaoping
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Zhao Ziyang
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Yuan Mu
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Yan Mingfu
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Li Peng
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ling Chai
Self - Student Leader (archive footage)
Liu Xiaobo
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Xi Jinping
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Crew
Ian MacMillan
Director, Writer
Audrey Maurion
Director, Writer, Editor
Aurélien Guégan
Editor
Declan McCann
Editor
Jim Petersen
Director of Photography
Ed Stobart
Producer
Christophe Nick
Producer
Andy A'Court
Animation, Graphic Designer
Mélissa Petitjean
Sound Editor
Paul Maynes
Sound Mixer
Karen Imbusch
Sound Mixer
Issam Krimi
Original Music Composer
Nicholas Becker
Additional Music
Cui Jian
Additional Music
Judy Wilson
Production Manager
Philippe Denard
Production Manager
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