Jun Xia
Director
River Elegy (1988)
A formal critique of historical Chinese culture, arguing that developing a so-called "yellow civilization" based on the land and rivers has led to conservatism, ignorance and backwardness, and that China should develop a "blue civilization" based on the sea, while establishing a system based on the market economy.
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.social-documentary, tmdb.chinese-documentary
Production Companies: CCTV
Network: CCTV-1
River Elegy
6 episodes
Network: CCTV-1
Runtime: 37 min.
Episode Runtime: 37 min.
Released: June 15, 1988
Last Air Date: July 16, 1988, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR