List of TV and films with critiques of Chinese Communist Party

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This list shows TV and film content that includes at least one critique of the Chinese Communist Party's actions. The list helps to understand where censorship of content outside of China by its ruling party has taken place, and where it hasn't.

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Films by major studios

These films by major studios tend to receive far greater financing, advertising and reach than independent films

TitleYearTypeProducer
No major films critique China after 1997 [1] [2]
Kundun [3] 1997DramaDisney
Seven Years in Tibet [3] 1997DramaSony
Red Corner [3] 1997Mystery/thrillerMGM

Independent films

Independent films are done outside of a major studio and often include documentaries

TitleYearTypeProducerDistributor
Revolution of Our Times 2021Documentary Kiwi Chow
Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times [4] 2021DocumentaryPeggy Callahan, Mark MonroeNetflix
China Undercover [5] 2020InvestigativeFrontlinePBS
PBS Newshour Presents: China: Power and Prosperity [6] 2020NewsPBS
Do Not Split [7] 2020DocumentaryAnders Hammer, Charlotte Cook Field of Vision
Tiananmen: The People vs. the Party [8] 2019DocumentaryPBS
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower [9] 2017DocumentaryMark Rinehart, Matthew Torne, Andrew Duncan, Joe PiscatellaNetflix
Tibetan Warrior: The True Story of One Man's Fight for Freedom [10] 2015DocumentaryUrs Schnell
Ten Years [11] 2015Sci-fi
Tibet's End? Sterilization in the Land of Snows [12] 2015DocumentaryBlake Kerr
Hong Kong will be Destroyed after 33 Years [11] 2014Sci-fi
The Dossier [13] 2014
The River of Life [13] 2014
I Want To Be a People's Representative [13] 2014
Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd [14] 2014DocumentaryPatricio Henríquez, Colette Loumède
Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile [15] 2014DocumentaryNorah Shapiro
Web Junkie [16] 2013DocumentaryHilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam, Neta Zwebner-Zaibert
A Touch of Sin [17] 2013AnthologyShôzô Ichiyama
When Night Falls [18] 2012Drama
Listening to Third Grandmother's Stories [13] 2012
Female Directors2012
People's Park [13] 2012Musical Documentary
Ping'an Xueqing [13] 2011
Tibet: In the Land of the Brave [19] 2011DocumentaryGeneviève Brault
Tibet in Song [20] 2009DocumentaryNgawang Choephel
Tibet: Beyond Fear [21] 2008DocumentaryMichael Perlman
Tibet: Murder in the Snow [22] 2008DocumentarySally Ingleton
2046 [11] 2004Sci-fi
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion [23] 2003DocumentaryMaria Florio, Victoria Mudd, Sue Peosay, Tom Peosay
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy [24] 1984DocumentaryGraham Coleman

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