Doc films of the 1950s and 1960s?

Dear members,

Recently I have been working on the reception of Du Fu in the 1950s and 1960s and learned about a “documentary” film entitled Poet Du Fu 诗人杜甫 in 1962. Central News Film Studio made this film to commemorate the 1250th anniversary of Du Fu’s birthday and to celebrate that Du Fu was elected as one of the ten world cultural figures by the World Peace Council. A related fact was that Japanese artist Sesshu 雪舟 was named one of the cultural figures of 1956 and they made a documentary about him as well. According to a Japanese newspaper, this film on Sesshu was also shown in Beijing. I will be very thankful if any member could recommend any sources regarding films of this type in the 1950s and 1960s in China. It would also be very helpful to my dissertation research if I could watch these films, so I’d be grateful for information on availability. Thank you very much.

Sincerely,
Yanfei Yin
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of History of Art
The Ohio State University
yin.79@osu.edu

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