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- Summary: This documentary examines the rise and fall of the revolutionary model opera, or Yang Ban Xi, in China.
- Director: Yan Ting Yuen
- Genre(s): Documentary
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80Enthralling documentary.
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A proper labor of love profiling many of the principles involved in the making of the films, peppered with a generous helping of wonderful clips.
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Will intrigue art house audiences unfamiliar with modern Chinese history. But sinophiles and followers of Chinese cinema will be shocked by the lack of historical detail and context.
