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The Mao Years: 1949-1976

70% | Apr 13, 1994 | Documentary, History

CHINA: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTION is a six-hour tour de force journey through the country's most tumultuous period. First televised on PBS, this award-winning documentary series presents an astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical commentary and stunning eyewitness accounts from citizens who struggled through China's most decisive century. THE MAO YEARS examines the turbulent era of Mao's attempts to forge a "new China" from the war-ravaged and poverty-stricken nation.

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Sue Williams
Writer
Tan Dun
Original Music Composer

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Will Lyman
Narrator (voice)

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