The Gate of Heavenly Peace (documentary)

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The Gate of Heavenly Peace
Directed by Richard Gordon
Carma Hinton
Written by Geremie Barmé
John Crowley
Narrated by Deborah Amos
Starring Dai Qing
Ding Zilin
Han Dongfang
Wang Dan
Wuer Kaixi
Music by Mark Pevsner
Release date(s) 1995
Running time 180 min
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Mandarin
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The Gate of Heavenly Peace (simplified Chinese: 天安门; pinyin: Tiānānmén) is a 1995 documentary film, produced by Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton, about the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

The film premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 1995 and has been widely and positively reviewed in the press.[1] It also received a George Foster Peabody Award and both the International Critics Prize and the award for Best Social and Political Documentary at the Banff Television Festival.

The film was banned in China.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ The Gate of Heavenly Peace - Reviews. www.tsquare.tv. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.

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