How Mao Zedong conquered China: art, propaganda and the cult of personality
MAKING MAO revisits the people and events responsible for making Mao Zedong the star of a cultural phenomenon. When the Communist Party took over China in 1949, it engineered a massive propaganda effort to win over the people's hearts and minds. MAKING MAO revisits the people and events responsible for making Mao Zedong the star of this cultural phenomenon. It was an artistic yet brutal onslaught of images and slogans that lasted over 25 years and kept him in power. Yet while Mao was celebrated as a God by most, those who did not abide became victims. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Introduction ▷ 00:56 - The rising of Mao at the power in a divided China ▷ 04:28 - The fall of Chinese Empire and Confucianism ▷ 06:20 - Maoism's own shaping of visual art ▷ 12:10 - Women's place in Mao's China ▷ 14:26 - The Great Leap Forward and the Great Chinese Famine ▷ 16:32 - Regain leadership of the Communist Party: Cultural Revolution ▷ 19:10 - "The red sea" and Mao's worship ▷ 22:30 - "Art for the sake of politics" ▷ 25:39 - Various items alleging obedience to Mao and the system ▷ 27:20 - Comics to imbue youngsters with maoist ideas ▷ 29:20 - The brutality of reality behind the propaganda ▷ 36:00 - The void following Mao's death ▷ 37:30 - Propaganda takes on a new face as China opens up to the world ▷ 38:40 - But the maoist cult lives on: Mao mania ▷ 42:00 - The art movement political pop ▷ 45:49 - Conclusion ▷ 51:45 - Credits #documentary #history #china #mao #communism #greatleapforward #modernhistory #propaganda #art #chinesehistory #wocomoHISTORY ------- Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: https://goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: / wocomo ------- The documentary examines what created and perpetuated this mass hysteria, and revisits the art that would both shape and nearly destroy a nation. Original title: Making Mao A film by Galen Yeo 2009 © Licensed by Terranoa ------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies. Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries: ▷ wocomoDOCS: / wocomodocs ▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: / wocomowildlife ▷ wocomoHISTORY: / wocomohistory ▷ wocomoTRAVEL: / wocomotravel ▷ wocomoCOOK: / wocomocook @wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
