Film

The Uyghurs

Les ouigours

Filmed in western China in the late 1970s, this documentary portrays the Uyghur people, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority living in the Xinjiang region. Directed by Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan-Ivens, the film documents daily life and cultural practices during the closing years of the Cultural Revolution, situating Uyghur identity within the broader political and social framework of the People’s Republic of China.

Regie

Joris Ivens

Regie

Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Drehbuch

Joris Ivens

Drehbuch

Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Status

Veröffentlicht

Veröffentlichung

01/04/1977

Originalsprache

Französisch