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crime
CHINA
Beyond the Clouds (240 minutes)
Investigates life in Lijiang, a Naxi minority region of Yunnan province.
Follows
police investigation of a murder, the activities of an independent businessman, the effort of a college teacher to help her handicapped daughter, and the concerns of a doctor
that his practice be continued. Fascinating, but clearly teachers will need to select
short segments for presentation to the class.
[NG and PBS]
JAPAN
Autumn Rain: Crime in
Japan (30 minutes)
Follows two young police officers after graduation from academy into the
neighborhood police boxes. Includes interviews with yakuza, members of
organized crime groups.
[CC]
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LAW
CHINA
Heart of the Dragon, The
Produced by Peter Montagnon and a British film crew in 1981-1983 and originally broadcast
in the US in 1985, this twelve hour series features outstanding looks at everyday life in
rural and urban China. The crew had remarkable access and examined the full
range of human activity. Programs include:
-Remembering (interaction
between tradition and modernity in today's China)
-Eating (agriculture, food,
festivals), Living (village life)
-Believing (Confucianism, Buddhism, and
Daoism's persistence in China)
-Caring (mental health treatment)
-Marrying (rural marriage, ceremonies, and
celebrations)
-Mediating (divorce)
-Working (industrial labor)
-Correcting (law, courts, and punishment)
-Creating (art, music)
-Understanding (science, ecology)
-Trading
(economic development, foreign trade)
Though some segments are a bit dated
(particularly those dealing with economic matters), this remains the best
comprehensive series on contemporary China. A series of 26 half-hour lessons has been recently constructed from the original
programs along with new presentations from specialists. This series is called
"The Chinese." [PBS]
The University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies has published
two editions of
"The
Chinese" to accompany the series and there are also student and teacher guides
available.
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law
enforcement
CHINA
Beyond the Clouds (240 minutes)
Investigates life in Lijiang, a Naxi minority region of Yunnan province.
Follows
police investigation of a murder, the activities of an independent businessman, the effort of a college teacher to help her handicapped daughter, and the concerns of a doctor
that his practice be continued. Fascinating, but clearly teachers will need to select
short segments for presentation to the class.
[NG and PBS]
China Kaleidoscope
This series was put together by Nan Hai Arts Center from Chinese television news
magazine shows. It provides an opportunity to get a Chinese perspective on
Chinese life. There are four tapes available, each 50 minutes long.
Contact Nan Hai for a detailed list of subjects on the various tapes. For
example, Tape 1 includes Beijing's Markets, The Water Shortage in Xi'an, Life in a
Chinese Village, the Li Yuan Theater in Beijing, China's Pop Stars Go On Tour,
Fashion in Beijing, Women Police Officers in Training, and more. The tapes are
in mandarin with English subtitles.
<Each is $34.95; the set is $125.82>
JAPAN
Autumn Rain: Crime in
Japan (30 minutes)
Follows two young police officers after graduation from academy into the
neighborhood police boxes. Includes interviews with yakuza, members of
organized crime groups.
[CC]
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organized
crime
JAPAN
Autumn Rain: Crime in
Japan (30 minutes)
Follows two young police officers after graduation from academy into the
neighborhood police boxes. Includes interviews with yakuza, members of
organized crime groups.
[CC]
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prison
systems
CHINA
Chinese Prison Labor: Inside China's Gulag
(52
minutes)
Harry Wu spent 19 years in China's reform through labor prison camp system. In
the 1980s and 1990s, he has returned to China to investigate and film conditions in
the camps. Here he shows the nature of imprisonment and the economic benefits the regime
derives from prison production. Wu’s films have been shown on British
television and on CBS’s "60 Minutes."
<Purchase $149/ Rental $75>
[FHS]
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punishment
CHINA
Heart of the Dragon, The
Produced by Peter Montagnon and a British film crew in 1981-1983 and originally broadcast
in the US in 1985, this twelve hour series features outstanding looks at everyday life in
rural and urban China. The crew had remarkable access and examined the full
range of human activity. Programs include:
-Remembering (interaction
between tradition and modernity in today's China)
-Eating (agriculture, food,
festivals), Living (village life)
-Believing (Confucianism, Buddhism, and
Daoism's persistence in China)
-Caring (mental health treatment)
-Marrying (rural marriage, ceremonies, and
celebrations)
-Mediating (divorce)
-Working (industrial labor)
-Correcting (law, courts, and punishment)
-Creating (art, music)
-Understanding (science, ecology)
-Trading
(economic development, foreign trade)
Though some segments are a bit dated
(particularly those dealing with economic matters), this remains the best
comprehensive series on contemporary China. A series of 26 half-hour lessons has been recently constructed from the original
programs along with new presentations from specialists. This series is called
"The Chinese." [PBS]
The University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies has published
two editions of
"The
Chinese" to accompany the series and there are also student and teacher guides
available.
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