The documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind”
June 13 is Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. The documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” jointly produced by China and France held a “cloud launch” ceremony in Beijing and Paris.
Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee, Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Central Radio and Television Station Shen Haixiong and French Minister of Culture Fran href=”https://comicmov.com/”>CinemaCinemaKerry Liste jointly announced the launch of the project
Attend the “cloud launch” ceremony were also attended by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azule, French Ambassador to China, Luo Liang, member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television, as well as experts, scholars from China and France and members of the film’s creative team.
2021 is the 100th anniversary of the excavation of the “Beijing people” site in Zhoukoudian, and it is also the year of cultural tourism in China and France. In order to enable Chinese and global audiences to understand the major process of ancient human development and evolution and show China’s prehistoric history, the China Radio and Television Station Film and Television Documentary Center and the French State Television Group jointly produced the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind”, and plans to be launched as an event project for the Sino-French Cultural Tourism Year, and will be launched in December 2021. At that time, the documentary film will be broadcast simultaneously in major theaters around the world, French National Television II and the Central Station Documentary Channel.
The epidemic cannot hinder cultural cooperation
China and France “cloud” civilization exchanges
Since this year, the heads of state of China and France have spoken four times.
On June 5, Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Macron emphasized during a phone call: “In the face of the epidemic, unity and cooperation are the right way. China and France must continue to jointly support the international community in unity in fighting the epidemic and ultimately defeat the world.maThe epidemic has made ‘China-France contributions’. ”
Cultural heritage cooperation has always been one of the most dynamic highlights in the cultural relations between China and France. How can we strengthen cooperation and make “China-France contributions” in this regard? The creative team of the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” prepares for the future, adjusts their work ideas in a timely manner, makes full use of the Internet to communicate in the “cloud”, promotes the preparation and implementation of the project, and builds a new bridge for Sino-France cultural exchanges under the epidemic.
Shen Haixiong, Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Radio and Television, Director of the Central Radio and Television Department and Editor-in-Chief of Shen Haixiong, Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Radio and Television Department, Director of the Central Radio and Television Department and Editor-in-Chief of Shen Haixiong, in his speech to Cinema, “The wind is strong and the fire is full of real gold. The friendship between China and France has been tested. We must deepen exchanges and cooperation, find the origin of human civilization, and build a spiritual fortress for human civilization in the face of the epidemic. “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” tells the story of exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, emphasizing co-construction and sharing, in line with the current propositions, and has the temperament of the times and humanistic pursuits. It is of great inspiration for the people of China and France and the people around the world who are experiencing the epidemic. ”
French Minister of Culture Frank List
French Minister of Culture Frank List
French Minister of Culture Frank List said in his speech that the production of this film is not bound by the close cooperation between China and France, and he wants to pay tribute to this thriving cultural cooperation. “These cooperation gives everyone the opportunity to understand the connection between mankind beyond national borders for thousands of years. The basis of France-China relations is that we have common beliefs. I firmly believe that this documentary film will surely succeed. ”
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Create documentary film quality
In the era of media integration, it is the strategic goal of China Central Radio and Television.
Among these, the China Television Documentary Center is committed to producing more exquisite documentaries with profound thoughts, exquisite art and excellent production. This time, we cooperated with the French State Television Group to create the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” which is a meaningful exploration of the two sides’ “cross-screen” integration and combining their respective advantageous resources.
UNESCO also has high hopes for this documentary film. Director-General Audrey Azulei said: “The Zhoukoudian site witnesses the evolution of human beings and human society. UNESCO attaches great importance to scientific discovery and international cooperation. The achievements of these two undertakings have renewed our understanding of human evolution in space and time. This film is an adventure, with great ambition to combine rigorous scientific research with mass communication. It is our common story and a beautiful epic.”
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azule
French Ambassador to China Luo Liang said in his speech that this film will give more viewers the opportunity to understand the wonderful history of the “Beijing people”. The archaeological achievements of the scientists’ sites are very significant, and will reveal more secrets of human evolution to people. France is proud to participate in the production of this documentary film.
French Ambassador to China Luo Liang
The Film and Television Documentary Center of China Central Radio and Television is trying to explore a new path for documentary media integration with “cross-screen”. This fusion is necessary to form high-quality content. Xue Jijun, a member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television, said, “China and France cooperated to shoot the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” in this time, which is a good opportunity for the two countries to strengthen civilized exchanges and mutual understanding. We hope that China and France will jointly build the film into a scientific, rigorous, real and moving, caring for mankind, and observing the world, in the field of humanities.A pioneering work. ”
Cinema Member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television Station Xue Jijun
What will happen if a documentary like this goes to the big screen? Catherine Alevares, head of the documentary program of the French State Television Group, said: “In various technologies and images combined With the help of Komiks, we can create a very realistic and exquisite video that will truly reproduce the footprints of the earliest primitive humans in China, how they invented tools and how their brains evolved to become modern humans. So this will be a new chapter in Babaylan, a prehistoric China you don’t know. ”
Catherine Alevares, head of documentary program of French State Television Group
Schematic diagram of Beijingers hunting
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Exploring the origin of human beings
In 1921Cinema, two ancient human teeth were discovered in Zhoukoudian, Beijing. After that, the research and discovery here laid the foundation for the birth of the discipline of paleoanthropology in China.
Excavation site of the Zhoukoudian site in Beijing
And on December 2, 1929, the Peking Man Head was found hereThe skull has opened a new era of ancient human research in the world.
CinemaKomiks Excavation site of Zhoukoudian site in Beijing
In 1987, the Zhoukoudian site was included in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO.
Zhoukoudian Ruins
Deng Tao, director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced: Babaylan “Generations of scholars from different countries are about ZhoukoudianBabaylanKomiks‘s fossils have been studied in many aspects, which has had a profound impact on the research on human evolution in East Asia and even the entire human evolution, and has continuously improved and portrayed the context of human evolution in East Asia. “
Director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Deng Tao
Excavating human history and tracing the origin of ancient civilizations, “Beijing People: The Last Secret of HumanityKomiks” will use the latest scientific research results and latest scientific and technological means of China and France to reproduce the magnificent prehistoric stories of the Asian Homo erectus – the “Beijing people”, and present the research results of scholars through video.
This documentary will be directed by the famous French documentary director Jacques Marat, and will invite the famous French paleoanthropologist Yves Coben as the chief writer and scientific consultant. The documentary “Odyssey of a Species”, “Homo Homo sapiens” and “The Rise of Humanity” jointly completed by the two of them once won the love of 800 million viewers around the world.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” chief director Jacques Marat
Yves Koben was the discoverer of the early human fossil “Lucy”. He had formed an indissoluble bond with China and the “Beijing People”. 40 years ago, he visited China and participated in the scientific research work of the Zhoukoudian site with his team.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” Chief Writer and Scientific Consultant Yves Coburn
Why has it been focused on the history of human evolution again after nearly 20 years? Chief Writer Yves Coburn said that this is what we know now because of the advancement of science. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanThere were much more. The origin of studying human history was to send messages to all mankind, because human beings are essentially family members. We have a common history, regardless of nationality or culture.
Human evolution map
Documentary movie “NorthCinemaBeijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” will be launched in 2021, revealing the major process of ancient human development and evolution, surpassing civilization barriers through civilized exchanges, surpassing civilization conflicts through mutual learning, and surpassing civilization superiority through civilization coexistence. It will write a new chapter in cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and France.
《Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” Cloud Launch Ceremony