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THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE
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In the spring of 1989, students and workers gathered in mass protest in Beijing's Tiananmen Square and set in motion "the most watched but least understood story of the 20th century." Based on years of research and unprecedented access to key players and eyewitnesses, this program reveals the inner workings of the Tiananmen Square massacre and its aftermath.
Co-presentation of Frontline/WGBH/Boston
Premiere: Frontline, June 4, 1996 at 9 PM
"Enthralling...The film probes much more deeply into the student democracy movement that precipitated the demonstrations than one could have believed possible... Interweaves videotaped scenes of the demonstrations and conversations with leaders and participants with an explanatory narration into an account that is as clearheaded as it is thorough and well-organized."
- New York Times
"Filmmakers Carma Hinton and Richard Gordon have transformed news into history, and history into art."
- Boston Globe
"Compelling...the most objective study so far of the political storms that have swept across China."
- Time Magazine
"Simply the most riveting, unsettling and overwhelming documentary in years."
- Chicago Sun-Times
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George Foster Peabody Award, University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
[1996]
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Golden Spire Award, San Francisco International Film Festival
[1996]
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Distinguished Achievement Award , International Documentary Association
[1996]
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Best Social & Political Documentary , Banff International Television Festival
[1996]
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George Foster Peabody Award, Peabody Awards
[1996]
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