Flying the Flag of the Republic
Flying the Flag of the Republic - A Record of the Suppression of the Counter-Revolutionary Riots in Beijing is a documentary compiled by the Publicity Department of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army in July 1989 to commemorate the PLA soldiers who died in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The video was released on July 17, 1989, and premiered at the National Art Museum of China on July 28, 1989. The documentary was also broadcast on China Central Television.
Content
The 105-minute film Flying the Flag of the Republic tells the story of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests from the perspective of the Chinese government. It is divided into four parts: "The Storm Rises", "The Tide of Turmoil", "The Truth of the Riots", and "The Merit That Will Go Down in History".Distribution and screening
Flying the Flag of the Republic was published by Beijing Higher Education Audiovisual Publishing House on July 17, 1989. It is divided into four episodes: "The Storm Rises", "The Tide of Turmoil", "The Truth of the Riots" and "The Passionate Souls". The premiere was held at the National Art Museum of China on July 28, 1989, and Li Ruihuan cut the ribbon for the premiere. From July 31, 1989, it was screened at the exhibition "Suppression of the Counter-Revolutionary Riots in Beijing" jointly organized by the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army, the Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution. The documentary was also broadcast on China Central Television.After the video was released, Shanghai prisons and labor camps played the video to prisoners, and schools such as Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Zhenjiang Shipbuilding College, and Chaozhou Jinshan Middle School organized groups of students to watch the video.