List of TV and films with critiques of Chinese Communist Party

This list shows TV and film content that includes at least one critique of the Chinese Communist Party's actions. The list helps to understand where censorship of content outside of China by its ruling party has taken place, and where it hasn't.

Films by major studios

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These films by major studios tend to receive far greater financing, advertising and reach than independent films

Title Year Type Producer
No major films critique China after 1997[1][2]
Kundun[3] 1997 Drama Disney
Seven Years in Tibet[3] 1997 Drama Sony
Red Corner[3] 1997 Mystery/thriller MGM

Independent films

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Independent films are done outside of a major studio and often include documentaries

Title Year Type Producer Distributor
Revolution of Our Times 2021 Documentary Kiwi Chow
Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times[4] 2021 Documentary Peggy Callahan, Mark Monroe Netflix
China Undercover[5] 2020 Investigative Frontline PBS
PBS Newshour Presents: China: Power and Prosperity[6] 2020 News PBS
Do Not Split[7] 2020 Documentary Anders Hammer, Charlotte Cook Field of Vision
Tiananmen: The People vs. the Party[8] 2019 Documentary PBS
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower[9] 2017 Documentary Mark Rinehart, Matthew Torne, Andrew Duncan, Joe Piscatella Netflix
Tibetan Warrior: The True Story of One Man's Fight for Freedom[10] 2015 Documentary Urs Schnell
Ten Years[11] 2015 Sci-fi
Tibet's End? Sterilization in the Land of Snows[12] 2015 Documentary Blake Kerr
Hong Kong will be Destroyed after 33 Years[11] 2014 Sci-fi
The Dossier[13] 2014
The River of Life[13] 2014
I Want To Be a People's Representative[13] 2014
Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd[14] 2014 Documentary Patricio Henríquez, Colette Loumède
Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile[15] 2014 Documentary Norah Shapiro
Web Junkie[16] 2013 Documentary Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam, Neta Zwebner-Zaibert
A Touch of Sin[17] 2013 Thriller Shôzô Ichiyama
When Night Falls[18] 2012 Drama
Listening to Third Grandmother's Stories[13] 2012
Female Directors 2012
People's Park[13] 2012 Musical Documentary
Ping'an Xueqing[13] 2011
Tibet: In the Land of the Brave[19] 2011 Documentary Geneviève Brault
Tibet in Song[20] 2009 Documentary Ngawang Choephel
Tibet: Beyond Fear[21] 2008 Documentary Michael Perlman
Tibet: Murder in the Snow[22] 2008 Documentary Sally Ingleton
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion[23] 2003 Documentary Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd, Sue Peosay, Tom Peosay
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy[24] 1984 Documentary Graham Coleman

See also

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References

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  6. ^ "China: Power and Prosperity". PBS NewsHour. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
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  14. ^ "Prime Video: Uyghurs, Prisoners of the Absurd". www.primevideo.com. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  15. ^ Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile, retrieved 2023-01-29
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  17. ^ Beam, Christopher (2013-12-04). "China Doesn't Want You to See This Year's Best Chinese Film". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  18. ^ "A Movie China Doesn't Want You to See". The New Yorker. 25 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-29.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  24. ^ "Movie Review: Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2023-01-29.