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Status
Released
Release
2019
Runtime
1h 52m
PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
WETA+
Amazon Video
Apple TV StoreAmazon VideoApple TV StoreThe true story of the seven weeks that changed China forever. On June 4, 1989, pro-democracy demonstrations were violently and bloodily repressed. Thousands of people died, but the basis for China's future was definitely planted.
28 Cast Members
Corey Johnson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Howard Zhang
Self - Narrator (voice)
Shen Tong
Self - Student Leader (1989)
Jean-Philippe Béja
Self - Sinologist
Wu'er Kaixi
Self - Student Leader (1989)
Wang Dan
Self - Student Leader (1989)
Zhang Jian
Self - Student (1989)
Bao Tong
Self - Politician
Wang Chaohua
Self - Student (1989)
Perry Link
Self - Sinologist
Muriel Southerland
Self - Witness (1989)
Andrew Nathan
Self - Sinologist
Robin Munro
Self - Activist
Zhang Lun
Self - Student (1989)
Su Xiaokang
Self - Writer
Rose Tang
Self - Student (1989)
Cai Chongguo
Self - Writer
Ma Jian
Self - Writer
Wu Renhua
Self - Historian
Deng Xiaoping
Self - Politician (archive footage)
