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Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System

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After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mao Tsetung established a system of labor camps for systematic repression, known as Laogai, an abbreviation for "Reform Through Labor". In such camps, forced labor and physical and mental torture were used to bring about a so-called mental reform, re-education in the spirit of the Chinese Communist Party. Millions of Chinese were affected. Many were executed. In hundreds of camps, the Party took advantage of the prisoners' free labor to build the economy. Self-criticism and denunciation were often the only way to escape martyrdom. Successive waves of purges culminated in the Cultural Revolution, which saw massive human rights abuses, political assassinations, massacres, and exiles in remote parts of the country. Using unreleased archive footage, the documentary tells the story of the invention, development and improvement of China's totalitarian system of surveillance and repression up to the present day, never told before.

RATING

7.50

CREATED BY

Tania Rakhmanova

COUNTRIES

France

Switzerland

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1

EPISODES

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Documentary

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Camille Sannes‌

Camille Sannes

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ai Weiwei‌

Ai Weiwei

Self - Interviewee

Ren Wanding‌

Ren Wanding

Self - Interviewee

Wang Juntao‌

Wang Juntao

Self - Interviewee

Li Shuying‌

Li Shuying

Self - Interviewee

Wei Zidan‌

Wei Zidan

Self - Interviewee

Ping Hu‌

Ping Hu

Self - Interviewee

Wei Jingsheng‌

Wei Jingsheng

Self - Interviewee

Gulbahar Haitwaji‌

Gulbahar Haitwaji

Self - Interviewee

Xiao Qiang‌

Xiao Qiang

Self - Interviewee

Tong Yi‌

Tong Yi

Self - Interviewee

Teng Biao‌

Teng Biao

Self - Interviewee

Liao Yiwu‌

Liao Yiwu

Self - Interviewee

Cai Changguo‌

Cai Changguo

Self - Interviewee

Song Yongyi‌

Song Yongyi

Self - Interviewee

Xu Youyu‌

Xu Youyu

Self - Interviewee

Mai Gang‌

Mai Gang

Self - Interviewee

Feng Guojiang‌

Feng Guojiang

Self - Interviewee

Chen Pokong‌

Chen Pokong

Self - Interviewee

David Li‌

David Li

Self - Interviewee

Liu Qing‌

Liu Qing

Self - Interviewee

Wang Dan‌

Wang Dan

Self - Interviewee

Mao Zedong‌

Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage)

Deng Xiaoping‌

Deng Xiaoping

Self (archive footage)

习近平‌

习近平

Self (archive footage)

Jiang Zemin‌

Jiang Zemin

Self (archive footage)

Liu Shaoqi‌

Liu Shaoqi

Self (archive footage)

Zhou Enlai‌

Zhou Enlai

Self (archive footage)

Kang Sheng‌

Kang Sheng

Self (archive footage)

Lin Biao‌

Lin Biao

Self (archive footage)

Philippe Bozo‌

Philippe Bozo

Self - Additional Voice (voice)

Jean-Pol Brissart‌

Jean-Pol Brissart

Self - Additional Voice (voice)

Marc Brunet‌

Marc Brunet

Self - Additional Voice (voice)

Bernard Demory‌

Bernard Demory

Self - Additional Voice (voice)

Yumi Fujimori‌

Yumi Fujimori

Self - Additional Voice (voice)

Michel Laroussi‌

Michel Laroussi

Self - Additional Voice (voice)

Martial Le Minoux‌

Martial Le Minoux

Self - Additional Voice (voice)

Tony Marot‌

Tony Marot

Self - Additional Voice (voice)

Jean-Pascal Quilichini‌

Jean-Pascal Quilichini

Self - Additional Voice (voice)

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