the revolution will not be televised ( spanish : la revolución no será transmitida ) , also known as chávez : inside the coup , is a 2003 documentary focusing on events in venezuela leading up to and during the april 2002 coup d'état attempt , which saw president hugo chávez removed from office for two days .

with particular emphasis on the role played by venezuela 's private media , the film examines several key incidents : the protest march and subsequent violence that provided the impetus for chávez 's ousting ; the opposition 's formation of an interim government headed by business leader pedro carmona ; and the carmona administration 's collapse , which paved the way for chávez 's return .

given direct access to chávez , the filmmakers intended to make a fly-on-the-wall biography of the president .

they spent seven months filming in venezuela , following chávez and his staff and interviewing ordinary citizens .

as the coup unfolded on 11 april , bartley and ó briain filmed on the streets of the capital , caracas , capturing footage of protesters and the erupting violence .

later , they filmed many of the political upheavals inside miraflores , the presidential palace .

bartley and ó briain conceived of the film after bartley returned from documenting the aftermath of the 1999 vargas mudslides for an irish charity .

following a visit to venezuela to determine the feasibility of a film project , the pair formed a production company and applied to ireland 's film board , bord scannán na héireann ( bsé ) , for a development grant .

at bsé 's request , the filmmakers partnered with a more experienced producer and shot a short pilot to show to potential investors .

funding for the € 200,000 production was provided by bsé and several european broadcasters .

bartley and ó briain shot more than 200 hours of material ; editing focused on identifying footage that would make the film entertaining and drive the plot .

it was at this stage that the film 's coverage narrowed to concentrate more on the coup attempt .

reviewers cited the filmmakers ' unprecedented proximity to key events and praised the film for its " riveting narrative " ; criticism focused on its lack of context and pro-chávez bias .

independent activists held unofficial screenings , and venezuelan government officials encouraged its circulation to build support for chávez 's administration .

the film is regularly shown on venezuelan television , and in the capital it is often broadcast during " contentious political conjunctures " .

the revolution will not be televised paints chávez in a favorable light , which has led to disputes over its neutrality and accuracy ; particular attention is paid to its framing of the violence of 11 – 13 april , the filmmakers ' editing of the timeline , and the alleged omission of incidents and personnel .

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politician to the people . a review of the documentary
the revolution will not be televised
selected the revolution will not be televised for his top ten classics from the history of documentary .
the revolution will not be televised was directed by irish filmmakers kim bartley and donnacha ó briain .
the future will be better : if you believe in the revolution , it will be .
the title of this article is a pun on the revolution will not be televised by gil scott heron .
sydney film festival : gil scott heron famously said in ’71 that the ' revolution will not be televised .
 well , it appears the devolution will be .
the track “the revolution has not been televised” has been edited for the promo .
the revolution will not be televised | st . patrick’s festival 2018 . 15th - 19th march . dublin , ireland
there will be no highlights on the 11 o ' clock news and no pictures of hairy - armed women liberationists ,
mr . scott - heron rapped ,
the revolution will not be televised / the revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal / the revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner / the revolution will be no re - run , brothers ; the revolution will be live .
tape : “the revolution will not be televised” — excerpts of the new documentary about the unsuccessful 2002 coup in venezuela .
^ scheck , frank . the revolution will not be televised . the hollywood reporter , 4 / / 1 / 2003
so , the revolution probably won ' t be televised , but can it be . . .
the revolution will not be televised by gil scott heron , announces a revolution in a cool , but self - assured way that makes the listener believe that it will be a just event .
the revolution will not be televised has been widely debated among both supporters and critics of venezuelan president hugo chávez . frank scheck , for the hollywood reporter , says about the revolution will not be televised , a . k . a chávez : inside the coup :
the revolution will not be civilized : scott - heron predicts that the revolution will not be broadcast on tv for you to enjoy from your lazy seat , but it will indeed be a real society changing revolt that not to be underestimated and taken lightly .
this documentary is a tribute to the courage of hugo chavez , the poor people of venezuela , and the irish crew who filmed it . the revolution will not be televised does not need to be televised to be effective .
the revolution will not go better with coke ( reference to coca cola ) .
as a bonus feature , the revolution will not be televised also examines the role of mass media , especially television , in modern political affairs .
the revolution will not be vilified : scott - heron announces a revolution in a cool , but self - assured way that makes the listener believe that it will be a just event .
pop cultural osmosis : the phrase the revolution will not be televised is more famous than the album itself , which not many people have ever listened to or are familiar with .
further screenings : thu 18 / 02 - 16 : 15 delphi fri 19 / 02 - 22 : 00 cinestar 8 sat 20 / 02 - 21 : 30 arsenal 1 “the revolution will not be televised , the revolution will be live . ”
the revolution will not be televised remains a must - see documentary for progressive thinkers interested in political change . the film is not for sale in the u . s . but can be downloaded from the internet or obtained from venezuelan consulates .
thanks to our friends at exile on moan street for locating this really high quality youtube upload of the gil scott - heron documentary the revolution will not be televised .
i’m amy goodman with juan gonzalez . as we talk about the pulling of the film “the revolution will not be televised” from the canada international film festival in vancouver , on the line with us is the organizer of that event , don wright in canada .
urltoken - website distributing the three films : llaguno bridge , keys to a massacre ; people and the struggle in the fourth world war ; and the revolution will not be televised .
the golden age of hip hop : despite not being hiphop scott - heron and the last poets were both important influences on the development of rapping . thus the revolution will not be televised is considered to be a predecessor of hiphop .
the film won twelve awards at film festivals and was nominated for another four .
gil scott - heron’s 1970 poem , “the revolution will not be televised , ” offered a humorous but pointed critique of the relationship between the media and the reality of change and revolution taking place in the streets and on the campuses of america .
scott - heron , gil . “”the revolution will not be televised”” poetry genius . n . p . , n . d . web . 25 mar . 2014 . < urltoken ; .
during the events in iran this summer ( 2009 ) , i saw a young person wearing a t - shirt featuring the old gil scott - heron line : “ the revolution will not be televised ” ( 1971 ) . the couplet concludes : “the revolution will be live . ” or on youtube .
the videographers entitled their gripping documentary the revolution will not be televised . the title of the film turns out to have several layers of meaning — not only were the true events of the coup never televised , but , more significantly , the essential nature of the political revolution in venezuela that gave rise to the coup has never been presented in the public media of north america .
the bbc have made it clear where they stand . this will not be forgotten .
you watch too much x : the title track informs listeners that the revolution will not be shown on tv to be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home .
the revolution will not be televised ( a . k . a . chavez : inside the coup ) is a 2002 documentary about the april 2002 venezuelan coup attempt which briefly deposed venezuelan president hugo chávez .
x - ray of a lie ( spanish : radiografía de una mentira ) is a 2004 documentary film examining another film , the revolution will not be televised about the events of the 2002 venezuelan coup d ' état attempt . the x - ray documentary , directed by wolfgang schalk and written by schalk and thaelman urguelles , accuses kim bartley and donacha o ' briain of
omissions and distortion
in the revolution will not be televised . it premiered on dvd in venezuela in july 2004 .
eva golinger - moncada , executive director of the venezuela solidarity committee in new york . she has come out strongly against the amnesty film festival in vancouver’s decision to take the award - winning documentary “the revolution will not be televised” off their screening list .
“the revolution will not be televised by gil scott - heron | song stories . ” rolling stone . n . p . , n . d . web . 25 mar . 2014 . < urltoken ;
the film , the revolution will not be televised , was made by two irish film makers , kim bartley and donnacha o ' briain . they were preparing a documentary about mr chavez , with his cooperation , before the coup and were inside the presidential palace in april 2002 when the events unfolded .
burnett , bob . “the revolution will not be televised ( 2014 ) . ” the huffington post . thehuffingtonpost . com , 21 feb . 2014 . web . 25 mar . 2014 . < urltoken ; .
and there you have an excerpt of “the revolution will not be televised” — and it won’t be shown at this year’s film festival of amnesty international . we are joined right now by don wright , who organized the amnesty international’s film festival in vancouver , canada . can you talk about amnesty’s decision to , first , show this film , and then , pull it ?
to viewers with knowledge of this history , the revolution will not be televised is a political cliff - hanger . the fact that chavez did survive the coup is nothing short of miraculous and must be credited to the mobilization of the masses of venezuela .
click here to read to full transcript today we take a look at a controversial new documentary about the unsuccessful 2002 coup in venezuela . the film titled , “the revolution will not be televised” received a rave review from the new york times but the organizers of the amnesty international film festival in vancouver have canceled a planned screening of the film that was scheduled to open today .
in its original form , “the revolution will not be televised” is a meme that captures the idea that power concentrated in the hands of a small group of media executives and their corporate sponsors determines not only how to report the news , but what is newsworthy .
a terrific film . tremendously moving .
- - henry sheehan , npr , film week
44 . in a fortuitous turn of events , irish filmmakers kim bartley and donnacha ó briain , who happened to be in caracas making a documentary about something else , caught the whole thing on tape , resulting in their award - winning film , the revolution will not be televised . the film includes footage from inside the presidential palace during the days of the coup .
both titles were presentedby hbo / cinemax documentary films , while balseros is distributed theatrically in the us throughseventh art releasing and the revolution will not be televised is distributed through vitagraph films . both titlesand the remaining roster of winners will be honoured at the ida ' s upcomingawards ceremony on dec 12 in los angeles .
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was added to the national recording registry in 2005 for being
historically , culturally and aesthetically important
. time magazine also included it in their 2006 list of timeless and essential music albums .
3 . consequently not having to make promises that would be broken such as ' we will not cut housing benefit ' .
rohter also decides to draw attention to an ongoing dispute over the responsibility of the deaths of 19 people during the washington - backed coup in venezuela in 2002 . he pits an anti - chavez film x - ray of a lie against stone ' s assertions which borrow from a film sympathetic to chavez called the revolution will not be televised .
it turns out it ' s heydon prowse of bbc three ' s the revolution will be televised fame . or at least it was , until he changed his name in order to stand as michael green .
film withdrawn from amnesty international film festival because of fears for the safety of ai members in caracas . statement by the makers of the film regarding this decision .
prime leader : this is revolution ! traximus : revolution is usually what happens . . . when the world needs to change .
i ' m not a ' conspiracy theorist ' , as damning as that statement can be . i have no theory of conspiracy , only questions . some questions you will not answer some you will not ask .
please come to your senses now . this will not go away - it will get much louder and far more strident .
the title of gil scott - heron’s best - known song , the revolution will not be televised , has entered the language . when it was released in 1971 , it was a sardonic commentary on the fate of black american radicalism : “you will not be able to stay home , brother . you will not be able to plug in , turn on and cop out . you will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip out for beer during commercials , because the revolution will not be televised . ” now , it can be seen as the beginning of rap , a style of music which today dominates the charts in the us , the uk – indeed , the world . the musical movement begun by scott - heron , who died on friday aged 62 , took black culture squarely into the mainstream , and could be said to have ultimately paved the way for barack obama to become president of the united states .
in the studio , alexandra beech , venezuelan - american who writes for the “international daily review of venezuela , ” which is posted on many chavez opposition websites and eva golinger - moncada , the executive director of the venezuela solidarity committee in new york . you’ve come out strongly against the pulling of this film “the revolution will not be televised” from the amnesty film festival . why ?
and that’s why when you say everything was televised , everything was televised except perhaps the most important day of the events which was the day of the coup itself .
one of the first films was for “now and then” , a collection of gil scott - heron’s poems which peter was editing at the time . there was only one option as to which poem to chose – gil’s masterpiece , the revolution will not be televised .
smith , ian k . “top 20 political songs : the revolution will not be televised | gil scott - heron | 1971 . ” new statesman . n . p . , n . d . web . 25 mar . 2014 . < urltoken ; .
the revolution , according to gil scott - heron , won’t be dictated by the government or by corporations . to make that point clear , he ridicules various government officials : “the revolution will not show you pictures of nixon / blowing a bugle and leading a charge by john mitchell , general abrams and spiro agnew to eat / hog maws confiscated from a harlem sanctuary . ” mocking the claims made in advertisements , gil scott - heron notes that the revolution ( unlike ultra brite , schick , and other brands ) “will not give your mouth sex appeal / the revolution will not get rid of the nubs / the revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner , because the revolution will not be televised , brother . ” denouncing popular television shows of the time , scott - heron says in the song : “ green acres , the beverly hillbillies , and hooterville junction will no longer be so goddamn relevant , and women will not care if dick finally screwed jane on search for tomorrow because black people will be in the street looking for a brighter day . ” despite the song’s outdated allusions , the new yorker called it a “classic that sounds as subversive and intelligent now as it did when it was new” ( wilkinson ) .
you can easily fin it in google . . type
the revolution will not be televised lies
. . . it will come up . it ' s in spanish but with english subtitles . i am sorry to disappoint the ones that believe this was an extraordinary documentary but the truth is that this is not more than a lot of rubbish
11 . 15am – introduction : the revolution will not be televised ( gil scott - heron / amanda coogan film dance performance ) 11 . 30am – 12 . 15pm : framing the nation – considering our sense of commemoration of revolution – where have we been , and where are we now ? what is our relationship to revolution like at present ? with louise lowe of anu productions , sam mcguinness of the simon community , and deirdre mcparland of the esb archives .
the battleship potemkin and any other soviet depiction of the russian revolution . for obvious reasons , western depictions ( which are quite rare ) will usually portray it as a full - circle revolution .
gil scott - heron’s “the revolution will not be televised” has been elevated to legendary status over the years . born out of the civil rights movement and the black power movement , the spoken - word poem has been sampled , alluded to and referred to by many hip - hop artists , including kanye west , queen latifah , jay electronica , common , lupe fiasco and more . in this essay , i will first examine gil scott - heron and his personal history , then analyze “the revolution will not be televised” and its historical context , before examining its impact on culture and then concluding .
it ' s time to come clean , while you admissions will still be accepted .
what seems ultimately incontestable , however , is that the film captures – and from the eye of the storm – the attempted military overthrow of a democratically elected government , and its reversal by a popular uprising . and it is this – a familiar story with a less - familiar ending – that gives the revolution will not be televised its awesome emotional pull , late night or not .
and kate russell ' s film about alan turing can still be viewed at the bcs website .
last week , the film was due to be shown at the ai film festival in vancouver . the organising committee came under pressure from chavez opponents in venezuela and eventually decided not to show it .
does the film industry really contribute £1 . 9m to british tourism , as a report for the uk film council claims ? the bbc ' s arts editor will gompertz expresses doubts .
cut government spending on keeping the economy running and unemployment will grow and the burden on the state will increase .
it can be tough for politicians because it is unpredictable , and unexpected – tonight’s question time will be exciting and a challenge .
called “one of the most important films of the year” by la weekly , “girlhood” won audience awards at both the south by southwest film festival and the nantucket film festival . it also won the jury award at the atlanta film festival and will open theatrically in october of 2003 . “girlhood” will air on tlc in 2004 .
neither you , nor the coeditors you shared it with will be able to recover it again .
if it does not . . . the bbc and all its well - earned prestige of decades will be scorned and reviled forever .
both the cuban and venezuelan revolutions show that there are viable alternatives to the burden of imperialism for nations of the hemispheric south . in line with prevailing political censorship practices , these revolutions have not been , and will not be , televised where reactionary capitalism controls the media .
• the iphone version 4 may not be available until later in the week but already the criticism of the engine that will drive it is mounting .
private owned tv - stations supported the coup . the media is in the focus of attention in this film : the way news was spun for the people of venezuela as well as the world press . what happens , when the revolution , indeed , is televised ?
the film was positively received by mainstream film critics and won several awards . reviewers cited the filmmakers’ unprecedented proximity to key events and praised the film for its “riveting narrative” ; [ 1 ] criticism focused on its lack of context and pro - chávez bias . first shown on television in europe and venezuela in 2003 , the revolution will not be televised later appeared at film festivals and secured a limited theatrical release on the art house circuit . independent activists held unofficial screenings , and venezuelan government officials encouraged its circulation to build support for chávez’s administration . the film is regularly shown on venezuelan television , and in the capital it is often broadcast during “contentious political conjunctures” . [ 2 ] the revolution will not be televised paints chávez in a favorable light , which has led to disputes over its neutrality and accuracy ; particular attention is paid to its framing of the violence of 11–13 april , the filmmakers’ editing of the timeline , and the alleged omission of incidents and personnel . the film is variously cited as an accurate portrayal or a misrepresentation of the events of april 2002 .
the revolution will not be televised is a powerful film about the charismatic and controversial venezuelan president hugo chavez . it charts the attempt to overthrow him in april 2002 and provides an eyewitness account of his extraordinary return to power some forty - eight hours later . this book , which includes a dvd of this electrifying documentary , not only sheds light on contemporary politics in latin america but also focuses on important issues in documentary filmmaking .
the coup was accomplished under the cover of right - wing propaganda , and not reversed until the state television was restored and the forces of the revolution recalled . this is the main strategic lesson of the film .
product placement : inverted and possibly parodied , since scott - heron includes many brand names and product slogans in the revolution will not be televised ( the poem itself ) , but does so to criticize their triviality and the blind , self - centred consumer culture of america that prevents its people from perceiving real threats to society .
shows that any rebel who sells out his comrades will be killed by the militia in short order , and the rebels will generally not have any sympathy for any member of the militia , former or otherwise .
the revolution they seek may or may not ( in gil scott - heron ' s immortal phrase ) be televised — thiaw includes extracts from numerous tube - broadcasts — but it will most certainly be anticipated , described and glorified in their lyrics . articulate and forceful , they
rage against injustice and fight with words ,
providing the most visible and vocal resistance to the powers - that - be .
as i don’t speak farsi and i am in no sense an expert on iran , i will refrain from comment as to whether this was a new revolution , the continuation of a debate about the meaning of iran’s 1979 revolution , or a counter - revolution . perhaps that multiplicity of options defines a revolutionary moment .
project canvas , the broadcasters ' joint venture which will connect internet video to the tv set , will not launch until next year , after delays in the regulatory process .
it is not clear whether the new feature , which will appear above the followers box on the right hand nav on the twitter website will only be available to twitter website users or be added to the vast array of api options available to developers .
the revolution that won’t be televised in the north is chavez’s bolivarian revolution , a grand plan to establish a regional power bloc to counter u . s . imperialism in south america . chavez’s plan has , in the words of the wall street journal , made venezuela “washington’s biggest latin america headache after the old standby , cuba . ”
so , 40 years after scott - heron’s call for action , and on the eve of martin luther king day 2014 , we can be pretty sure he was right : the revolution will indeed not be televised . it will , however , be streamed . two recent examples of the role of streaming in coverage of “revolutions” include a digital version of occupy wall street , called occupystreams , and the coverage of the arab spring , where citizen video - journalism was often the only media outlet available .
but you only get one review in the new york times and los angeles times , so don ' t waste it on a one - shot screening , especially if the film will open theatrically . you will need this press for the theatrical run . be sure your film is included in festival previews and wrap - ups in these major print outlets instead . then the reviewers will know you and your film when it ' s time to review it .
• for any football spectators who might be irritated by the world cup vuvuzelas , this news spot from computer weekly will be music to their ears .
only the truth will set you free ! not the bbc . . . .
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this digital exhibition was supported by a grant from the patrick f . taylor foundation . it is an expansion of the exhibition “the revolution will not be . . . : print culture of the civil rights movement” held at the amistad research center in 2011 .
the revolution will not be televised
is spoken word in music . scott - heron recites poetry , while a conga and bongo percussionist plays in the background . despite this it is still classified as a music album , usually as jazz and beat poetry .
the revolution will not be televised
has become an iconic slogan and the album itself has been praised for its political and social commentary . it ' s a cult classic within the black consciousness movement , but also very popular in hiphop , as scott - heron ' s socially conscious and catchy vocal delivery is considered to be a predecessor of the genre , along with the last poets . especially in conscious hip hop and political rap quotes from this record have been frequently sampled up .
what gives the film its real power is that the crew happened to be filming in the presidential palace when venezuela ' s oligarchs launched a coup attempt against the populist mr . chavez . if you ever wanted a primer on the interplay between u . s . foreign policy , oil and the war on terrorism , this is as good a place as any to start . the film is also known as the revolution will not be televised - - tipping a nod to poet and musician gil scott - heron ' s famous paean against the soporific qualities of television .
whatever the future holds , we can be sure that violent extremists will also exploit new media technology whenever it becomes available . it may not be long before an individual attacker , or a terrorist group , produces a live stream of an attack , with images broadcast from the point of view of the killer . the technology already exists . when it happens we will be forced to decide whether or not we will watch .
mr . stone’s film includes some new footage from the confrontation at the bridge , but its basic argument hews closely to that of “the revolution will not be televised , ” a film the chávez camp has endorsed . that documentary , however , has been subject to rebuttal by another , called “x - ray of a lie , ” and by brian a . nelson’s book “the silence and the scorpion : the coup against chávez and the making of modern venezuela” ( nation books ) , neither of which mr . stone mentions .
mr tackaberry said the withdrawal was not to do with the film ' s quality or its politics , as amnesty did not endorse any of the films at its festivals .
when , in 1970 , gil scott - heron — often considered the grandfather of rap , and a renowned poet , musician , and civil - rights activist — released his now - famous single , “ the revolution will not be televised , ” he couldn’t have known that halfway around the world in japan that same year , sony was laying the foundations for another type of revolution with the release of the u - matic system , the first commercially viable vcr .
are at least 58 moving image works from 18 countries that will be shown in eleven curated screening programmes . the
• from the
this will not end well
department comes the story of david perez who will spend the next week doing everything his twitter followers tell him . well , almost .
you say you want a revolution . well you know , art can cure you of that
the culture secretary jeremy hunt will make his first speech on media policy this week . plans to abolish the bbc trust are not an immediate priority . broadband rollout and the reform of local media will be highlighted according to the telegraph .
not the freelance photographers filing for the new york times , huffington post or npr . not the journalist from vice . not the journalist from the intercept . not the journalist from b uzzfeed . not the journalist from indigenous rising media . not the journalist from fusion . not the journalist from mic . not the journalist from digital smoke signals . not the journalists from independent papers , on - line magazines or foreign news outlets . not freelance journalists . not citizen journalists . not from ruptly and sipa , usa ( with whom i was reporting ) , among others .
now i know you have one legal case pending , and when edmonds eventually speaks ( those who have heard her evidence say it makes the pentagon papers look insignificant ) and gives her testimony the amount of questions it will throw up and the amount you will be expected to answer will be massive .
an online petition was organised to complain about the film , which mr schalk said did not meet the ethical standards of the bbc .
in the doctors of the cat family the leader of the revolution is ok with thomas healing their captured enemies .
while zoellner examines the production pressures and factors that shape the focus and form of documentary film , temple university anthropologist naomi schiller in her study considers how political and social context influence the perceived legitimacy of a documentary . schiller considers the case of the revolution will not be televised , a film that challenged major news media accounts of the 2002 venezuelan coup d ' état attempt against hugo chavez . in her research , schiller traces revolution ' s release and subsequent reception in new york and caracas , detailing the frame contest among activists , critics , and other political actors to define the film as either an important dissident perspective or a work of pro - chavez propaganda . as she observes :
the meaning of a film is shaped not only by its composition but by who is responsible for its circulation , when and where the film is screened , and the contextual information provided to the audience .
zoellner ' s conclusion is as relevant to understanding the perception of revolution as it is to more recent debates over major releases such as an inconvenient truth and sicko .
sure . i think i needed to clarify that the decision to include the film and then to not include the film was very much a local decision that we didn’t feel we had the capacity to properly put the film in context and properly examine and respond to the film itself . we feel that it was an error for us to consider that film based on the lack of information that we had about the circumstances of the film . so that was very much a local decision by a small group of amnesty members that are part of our planning committee .
a venezuelan tv producer and engineer , wolfgang schalk , is leading the campaign against the film . he said yesterday , in an email , that the film presented a distorted version of events . mr schalk said he had spent five months investigating the film .
commentators dissect the budget and predict how it will affect the next four years .
it turns out ' network ' was more a documentary than a fictional film .
ozon ' s provocative film can do much to improve attitudes towards lgbti people .
if stone had chopped much of the venezuela section on the cutting room floor , which in any case relies on footage from an earlier and more gripping documentary entitled the revolution will not be televised , stone would have freed up valuable time to explore diverse countries dealt with in the film . stone could have then included his interviews with south american leaders but also spoken with other less important people . sometimes , it is the random , unscripted and colorful vignettes which yield the most levity .
all resistances are against the empire . only evil governments provoke rebellion . no matter their hold over information , striking against the authority will never be wrong . in the land of tropes , the revolution will not be vilified . it is always a force for the good , freedom , equality , freedom , justice , freedom , and democracy . and freedom . ( for great justice , of course . )
just by ignoring this story it will not go away . . . which is obviously what the authorities are hoping for .
by the time you do not post this message with my other comments , we in aussie will have had an election .
people will consider that they are either being reckless or deceiful , reckless because they do not know , deceitful because they do know and they ' re not telling .
to make a film about this charismatic and unorthodox world leader . they met with chavez and secured his permission to have full access to film , what was to be , an up close and personal profile . it turned out to be something completely different .
today , many of the social movements that laid the groundwork for the egyptian revolution are calling for a second revolution . this twitter announcement of 22 may from journalist reem abdellatif encapsulates the call :
next friday , # may27 # egyptians plan not to leave # tahrir or any other square in # egypt until all of the revolution ' s demands are met .
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in conclusion , “the revolution will not be televised” helped gil scott - heron cement his title as “the godfather of rap” and the “inventor of rap” ( the nation , new statesman ) . according to legendary public enemy member chuck d , scott - heron laid the groundwork for hip - hop mcs to “do what we do and how we do” ( “the” ) . scott - heron’s “unique proto - rap vocal style” over “bare - bones arrangements featuring pounding basslines and stripped - down drumbeats” heavily influenced the culture of hip - hop and “set the stage for rap as a form of sociopolitical expression for the masses” ( azpiri ) ( macarthur ) . aided by the use of slang , allusions , humor , and repetition , gil scott - heron’s “the revolution will not be televised” not only captured the feelings of a specific time in history , but helped forged the future as well .
my guess is with the likes of you and me kevin will see more of out liberties erode whilst the bbc and co will see there loyalty rewarded .
film producer and bbc - trained engineer wolfgang schalk studied frame by frame kim bartley ' s and donnacha o ' brien ' s propaganda film
the revolution will not be televised .
x - ray of a lie
is schalk ' s definite deconstruction of a film that has wrongly been portrayed as the ultimate truth of the coup d ' etat that took place on 11 april 2002 , when chavez was temporarily removed from power . by factually demonstrating edits that altered chronology of events , schalk exposes bartley ' s , o ' brien ' s and their producers ' ( bbc included ) dishonesty in fabricating a story to dupe viewers worldwide .
you say you want a revolution . well you know , art can cure you of that | huffpost
eastenders , the apprentice and other bbc one shows will be made in high definition by the end of the year , and more will follow , reports the guardian . a bbc one hd channel is to be launched in the autumn , alongside the existing bbc hd channel .
' ' the revolution will not be televised , ' ' a riveting documentary , is not the movie that the irish filmmakers kim bartley and donnacha o ' briain envisioned when they traveled to venezuela to film a portrait of hugo chávez , that country ' s left - wing president . a volatile force in latin american politics , mr . chávez , who was elected president by a landslide in 1998 , was shaking up the status quo , having vowed to take control of venezuela ' s oil industry and redirect its wealth to benefit the poor .
i am not sure why the beeb is not allowing any responses to these conspiracists . i have submitted a number and not had any responses - yet the conspiracists seem to be having as field day .
feel your solidarity with the left political art of the 1960s and 1970s . view it to the beatles ' revolution .
if that relationship was to thrive , he argued , a new frankness would be required , because ' your long - standing friend will tell you the truth , confident that the friendship will survive ' .
senior managers at the bbc will be paid at least 10 % less than their equivalents in the commercial sector , according to the telegraph .
8 ) hand out postcards . they contain all the info about your film in a digestible format . be sure to include contact information .
repetition is probably the most obvious and arguably the strongest rhetorical device that scott - heron used the most in the poem . perhaps ironically , in the same way that advertisements constantly emphasize a single slogan , gil scott - heron repeats the song’s title – “the revolution will not be televised” – throughout the song . while many of his allusions act as denunciations , that specific line , as scott - heron has explained in interviews , captures the song’s message : “you have to change your mind before you change the way you live and the way you move… the thing that’s going to change people is something that no one will ever be able to capture on film . it will just be something you see and all of a sudden you realize , ‘i’m on the wrong page’” ( rap genius ) .
venezuelan economist luis salas examines the economic crisis in the caribbean nation and contends that the people will only be saved from the catastrophe . . .
so people like me will continue to ask questions until we get answers . you can avoid the questions as long as you wish but the truth will out .
they told colleagues that , even if amnesty ran a standard disclaimer , the organisation would be associated with the film , thus endangering its staff .
evanston , illinois : hey ofra , i saw a lot of your documentary last night and it was pretty good . a few years ago i saw an extremely riveting documentary called
the revolution will not be televised .
it was about the coup and had unbelievable inside footage of the entire thing . i would recommend it as must viewing for anyone who is interested in your work . have you seen it ?
this is a great film . very proud of my irish brothers who made it .
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sxsw is known for its documentaries , having screened the world premiere of spellbound in 2002 and the north american premiere of the revolution will not be televised in 2003 . festival coordinator cathy ross makes herself totally available to filmmakers , from when they ' re accepted until when they ' re happily flying home . she says it depends on how much the filmmaker wants to be involved . the more the filmmaker does around the festival to promote and be available , the more the festival can help them by introducing them to distributors and press , for example .
use this guide to facilitate dialogue and deepen understanding of the complex topics explored in the film .
as it turned out , the entire program consisted of local poets , authors , and other writers reading excerpts of famous poems and speeches to the 225 - seat theater’s standing - room - only crowd . the first writer to speak was poet marissa johnson - valenzuela , who recited an inspired interpretation of gil scott - heron’s “ the revolution will not be televised . ” her delivery was spot on ; the audience was with her .
i first saw kim bartley and donnacha ó briain’s the revolution will not be televised about six years back , the day after a very late night , “heroically” hauling myself out of bed and dragging myself up the road to the local cinema before sinking deep into a generously cushioned chair for the afternoon screening . if my viewing neighbors were delighted to be watching a film alongside what must have smelled something like a six - foot tall bottle of booze , their joy can only have redoubled when – approximately thirty - five seconds into the screening – this rancid alcohol - human hybrid ( talking about myself , here ) burst into tequila tinged sobs that rang out for the entire film…
it will be hard for the white house to get past this since the remarks appear to amount to some level of insubordination .
we then finally lose our grip completely and fall into a pit of internet addiction , where everyone ' s attention span is so diminished that we demand an ever shorter series of blipverts . this vision is then cemented by a parade of narcissistic youth carrying video cameras , many of them pointed at themselves . the revolution will not be televised , because it won ' t happen ; we ' ll all be too busy updating our facebook pages . damon peacock leyland , lancashire
the freedom fighters from sonic sat am are a strictly heroic group that is trying to overthrow the evil dr . robotnik . technically however this is a counter - revolution , as they are lead by a princess who happens to be the daughter of the king robotnik deposed in his revolution .
so go on dave explain the molten metal at the base of the three collapsed buildings that was still there months later . it should be easuy for you it will be in the nist report no doubt
many people out there are being deceived but not everyone . the group of people who are questioning the 9 / 11
official
accounts are growing - we will not stand for the lies !
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i trust that maybe on the fly the bbc will do so much better next time .
without renewed trust between leaders and members , all talk of reinvigorating local democracy will be sound and fury , signifying nothing .
main opposition parties in venezuela organized a petition against the film and garnered 7 , 000 signatures .
transferred to 16mm , “another girl another planet” ( 56 minutes , 1992 ) screened at film festivals throughout the world , was awarded a golden gate award at the san francisco international film festival and cited by the national society of film critics for “expanding the possibilities of experimental film . ” writing in the village voice , amy taubin called it “the best downtown love story since ‘stranger than paradise . ’”
the film makers are angry that attempts are being made to stop the film from being shown and defend its accuracy .
our film presents a perspective on the events of april 2002 which is different to the one presented by the privately owned media in venezuela ,
they said in a statement .
demme’s creative talents have also lured him into the musical domain . he directed the robyn hitchcock concert film
contrast with the remnant and the dark messiah . see also the related and often confused trope of la résistance . when the rebels are generally good but hampered by infighting , it ' s we are struggling together . for the opposite , when the rebels are anti - heroes or outright villains , see the revolution will not be civilized . for the case where the whole conflict really was
civilized
( for better or worse ) , see velvet revolution .
mr . stone suggests that president hugo chávez of venezuela , above , is heading a continentwide “bolivarian revolution . ”
lost the tapes ? dude , way not just say the dog ate your homework , that would be more credible .
barak has caused a worldwide public disaster , perhaps israel ' s worst . only time will tell what damage to the state he has caused . he has handed a propaganda gift on a silver platter to hamas and all the hostile world media . will barak now resign ? will he be fired ?
if commentators are only talking about pain when mr osborne sits down on tuesday he will have failed . if we are also talking about reform and a new economy he will be on the path to success . . .
by harun farocki and andrei ujica ( 1992 ) . ” the reason ? “how to make a revolution with television . good example of possible uses of the web . best moment in the film : ceausescu’s face captured by the official
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the key art : not always necessary , but can be an eye - catching addition . this is art that is representative of the film , and is often printed on a post card or one - sheet .
this will be forced into the limelight eventually . the sooner the bbc comes clean , the better . the longer it is left , the more implicated does the bbc become .
this should be a reforming budget that - over time - will deliver a smaller state and lower , simpler , fairer taxes .
there are problems , the truth movement is not going anywhere , and the perpetrators i would imagine will stop at nothing to prevent themselves getting caught .
at last , a story to encourage the rest of humanity . . . but the venezuelan miracle of people power , will be short lived . it has to be , else we ' ll all be running about the place believing
we can do it
.
( see urltoken for instructive essays on the politics of oil and neo - liberalism in latin america and the bolivarian revolution . )
the olympic rings are assembled in danny boyle ' s opening ceremony remembering the industrial revolution . photograph : shaun botterill / getty images
watch this film and you may truly for the first time in your life understand the term media bias .


japanese devils ( or riben guizi 日本鬼子 ) is a japanese documentary about the war crimes committed by the imperial japanese army between 1931 and 1945 .

the documentary is a series of interviews with 14 japanese veterans of the second sino-japanese war who recount rape , massacres , bio-experiments , and cannibalism .

the accuracy of these interviews is contested by japanese nationalist critics .

minoru matsui 's inspiration for the film came after one of his original interviewees died .

feeling that it was his last chance to document the stories , he began the process of creating the documentary .

initial support was minimal , with all production companies showing no interest .

the film did not gain any traction until it was entered into the berlin film festival .

the original title , riben guizi , is a chinese phrase popular in the 1930s and 1940s used to express hatred for japanese invaders .

japanese devils

the film ' s success in berlin sparked an interest from the japanese media and a tiny theater in tokyo ran the film , japanese devils , last december .
some japanese critics have hailed japanese devils as among the best films of 2001 . the documentary was also shown in canada , netherlands , the united states and hong kong .
until now , that is .
japanese devils ,
a japanese documentary by filmmaker minoru matsui , interviews 14 japanese soldiers about their crimes in china from the beginning of the invasion - - 1931 ' s manchurian incident - - to the end of the war in 1945 .
partly as a result - and also because japanese devils is about as un - commercial as a film can get - few japanese will get a chance to see this documentary , which is only scheduled for screening at one theatre in tokyo in december .
china’s war dramas about the second sino - japanese war ( 1937 - 1945 ) are much discussed online topics this month since china’s official censorship bureau spoke out against those war shows that are “overly entertaining” . “japanese devils” die a 1000 times a year .
japanese devils
opened in tokyo in december . as the film illustrates in a prologue , many japanese find the war crimes issue shameful and feel it should not be discussed . those who do bring the subject up are accused of traitorous behavior .
japanese devils features 14 ex - servicemen whose backgrounds vary from farming to medicine , whose military ranks range from privates to lieutenants , and whose atrocious deeds extend from rape and torture to bacteriological experiment and vivisection .
ar : his second movie
devils on the doorstep ,
a vivid depiction of the japanese occupation of chinese villages during world war ii , won the grand prix at cannes but was banned in china .
perhaps the most hopeful image of japanese devils is one of the ex - soldiers at a
war exhibition for peace
conducting a q & a to a crowd , many of them teenagers and women , patiently answering their questions .
i thought the story was very interesting because i didn ' t even realize that non - japanese people had served in the imperial japanese army .
5 : this term is a pejorative term used for a japanese imperial soldier .
devils on the doorstep by chris dashiell the tragedy of war is a familiar subject for art - a never - ending one , it would seem . sometimes , though , the sheer stupidity of war is a more potent topic . that ' s the approach director jiang wen has taken in devils on the doorstep , a savage satire that spares no one , least of all the audience .
they ' ve been taught somehow that only the japanese have been so consistently inhumane .
the asia society spoke with matsui minoru and one of the producers of the film , oguri ken ' ichi , before their san francisco screening . translation was conducted by linda hoaglund . for more information or to purchase the video for educational institutions , go to the japanese devils website .
this is one of many disturbing questions raised by the award - winning documentary japanese devils , which had its first showing in japan yesterday . the film is a sledgehammer that aims to smash through a surface of public and private denial about the atrocities carried out by imperial army troops .
the war crimes committed by the japanese in asia have been extremely controversial both inside and outside japan . for instance , the debate about the accuracy of japanese history textbooks has angered korea and china for years . do you hope your film can be played at japanese schools ?
the japanese version of this was to pump your stomach full of water til it burst .
japanese devils is a documentary featuring 14 veterans of the imperial army testifying to their brutal participation in japan ' s 15 - year war against china . director matsui minoru presents a powerful historical record of these soldiers ' individual crimes , helping to break japan ' s long silence about its wartime atrocities in china .
“you can play whatever you like , as long as you don’t play a japanese person . ”
last week , cdt chinese published the text of a decision by the state administration on radio , film and television about the 2000 movie , devils on the doorstep . the movie , directed by jiang wen , depicts the relationship between chinese villagers and a japanese prisoner during the japanese invasion of china during world war ii . the movie was nominated for the golden palm at the cannes film festival but was banned in china .
i was captured again by the japanese near sanhe village , and sent to work at a japanese - occupied silk factory near nowadays’ nanjing medicine factory . it was at this time that i witnessed more japanese atrocities first - hand . one time , after i finished transporting ten barrels of gasoline to the japanese military depot near the train station , japanese soldiers brought me to a basement . aside from large wooden boxes , the basement also contained a bed . the two japanese soldiers ripped off the bedsheet covers and indiscriminately opened fire upon it . on the bed lay four women , all dead .
there ' s a huge difference between ' official apologies ' made by japanese political figureheads and the way the german nation collectively acknowledges their wrongdoings in wwii . one japanese politician might make a genuine apology in attempt to reach out to those who were impacted by japanese imperial policy , then another might go on to say that all japanese wrongdoings are chinese fabrications - - none of this matters . politicians ' words don ' t represent what the average japanese feels about the topic . try talking to a german and a japanese about what went on during this time period and you ' ll notice the difference .
our japanese foreign exchange student came home in tears over the
lies
being told at school .
notorious scene from ‘anti - japanese divine drama’ ‘the wondrous knight of the war of resistance against japan’ .
ar : the last film you directed ,
devils on the doorstep ,
won the grand prix at cannes in 2000 , which is that particular event ' s second - biggest prize . what was your inspiration for telling that particular story ?
you act like the japanese didn ' t also kill and chop off the heads of many us soldiers .
japanese devils
is a literal translation of the film ' s original title
riben guizi .
riben guizi
was a phrase used by the chinese in the ' 30s and ' 40s expressing hatred of foreign oppressors . for many japanese , this phrase and the facts about japan ' s war against china are unfamiliar . japan ' s war against china is often downplayed in comparison to the historical significance of the pacific war , pearl harbor , and hiroshima .
but due to race , it ' s harder for white american teens to detached that information towards the japanese .
matsui ' s effort was praised by large festival audiences who saw for themselves the courage of the film ' s japanese veterans who gave appalling accounts of the atrocities they personally committed during the 15 years of sino - japanese war .
japanese devils may be the first time that those who committed war crimes have so freely described what they did - i don ' t recall seeing any such documentary on nazi war criminals , for example . these men are doing this because they now realize they were wrong , and they do not want anyone to forget it happened , so that hopefully it will not happen again .
what was so scary about the japanese at the time was how celebrated and spontaneous it seemed . like this story .
ar : jiang had not run this black - and - white film past the censors in china , and he was reportedly told to stay clear from the director ' s chair for the next seven years .
devils on the doorstep
is yet to be officially released .
i understand your anger towards the japanese , but your comments seem to generalize all japanese . the glorification of
war heroes
and apologizing for their war crimes is still an issue in japan . those people that are against the japanese war crimes are bashed by their own countrymen and also became victims of hate crimes . it is even shown in the documentary .
now the japanese devils , they wouldn’t let a single woman off the hook , right . after my mother gave birth , she put the bloodied paper on the floor . when they came they’d want to see it , and after they saw it , they knew she’d had a baby , they didn’t want her and they’d leave . this harassment went on everyday , there was nothing we could do . 7
the power of
japanese devils
- - a literal translation of the original title
riben guizi ,
a mandarin - language insult coined by chinese in the 1930s and ' 40s - - lies in the calm delivery of its subjects . matsui wanted to create a historical record about events that have not been elsewhere documented in the japanese language . although the men who came forward for interviews all regretted their wartime acts , matsui asked them to hold back on their emotions and relate their activities in a clear , accurate manner .
the eighth route army park performances are different from the ‘divine drama’ , say the actors . in the theme park , they imitate the reality as much as possible . the ‘japanese devils’ wear the right yellow uniforms , caps , white gloves and boots . the actors use fake blood and cap guns that create a loud sound and a puff of smoke when the trigger is pulled – everything to make the scenes look real .
as a malaysian chinese , our grandparents constantly remind us of the occupation . anti - japanese sentiment still rather high in these parts
i will never forget the violence , the atrocities and the aggression that the imperial japanese soldiers enacted during the nanjing massacre . 4
the issue first emerged from a series of wartime japanese - language newspaper articles , which celebrated the
heroic
killing of chinese by two japanese officers , who were engaged in a competition to see who could kill the most first . [ 3 ] the issue was revived in the 1970s and sparked a larger controversy over japanese war crimes in china , and in particular the nanking massacre .
interviews yang lei , a 27 - year - old actor that has been playing a japanese soldier ( “a japanese devil” ) for over four years in the eighth route army park . during the weekends or holidays , the park has hundreds of visitors who come to watch the performance . when it is very busy , yang has to ‘die’ up to four times a day . “in the past few years , i have died over a 6000 times in total , ” he says . the plays take about twenty minutes per show , and are focused on the events of 1943 , the year that the chinese eighth route army fought against japanese troops in wuxiang . one of the shows is about a small village in anning that is invaded and occupied by japanese troops . when a chinese spy steals secret information from their camp , the whole village is held for questioning . a chinese underground party member sacrifices his life to protect the spy’s identity . just when the japanese general orders to have the entire village killed , china’s eighth route army storms in and wipes out all the ‘japanese devils’ .
features the terrible story behind wwii
unit 731
, a japanese military base located in the puppet state of manchuria , china .
but that ' s only a warm - up . one army doctor experimented with biological weapons such as concentrated cholera , anthrax , and the plague on living chinese subjects . sometimes he performed vivisections ; another doctor claimed soldiers would shoot chinese prisoners and then force the doctors to try and save the victims as a form of training . the united states war crimes commission actually exonerated the doctors who spoke in japanese devils - in exchange for their research data .
don ' t forget the japanese secret lab where they did experiments like cutting off all your limbs and leaving your body to experiment on .
in response to the recent critique on china’s ‘anti - japanese divine drama’ , various chinese media have reported on another type of war drama : the life - like war play . in wuxiang , shanxi province , there is a theme park dedicated to the second sino - japanese war (
the actors greatly disapprove of ‘divine drama’ . instead of distorting history , they claim to provide an accurate representation of the second sino - japanese war .
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at that time , my cousin was only eighteen - years - old . he was taken away by the japanese troops and never returned . i personally watched as the japanese troops massacred many people . we had a neighbor , elderly ms . zhen , who was about eighty - years - old . she thought that because she was old , she could remain at home and be fine . in actuality , she was brutally murdered by the japanese , with her stomach slashed open . there was also a tea specialist , who couldn’t bear leaving his home . he was also murdered by the japanese . 3
that was nothing but opinion . why would the behavior of the japanese toward their neighbors make students racist against asians in general or the japanese in particular ? it ' d be as easy as saying ,
and don ' t forget about the atrocities committed by white people during this time period
.
details of japanese world war ii atrocities are known all over asia . except , that is , in the place it matters most - - japan itself .
i ' m a little confused . none of these guys were speaking chinese . that is clearly japanese . i ' m partially fluent in both mandarin and cantonese . are you saying that these guys were japanese pows from chinese prisons or chinese guys from japanese prisons ? if they were chinese , then why are they all speaking japanese ? edit : according to my father - in - law , a native of nanjing , he lost seven of his brothers and sisters ; the youngest was pistol whipped to death in her mothers arms . his brother vividly and through a great deal of obvious pain recounted to me how his father was poisoned to death in front of him as part of a
joke
by japanese soldiers . edit 2 : clearly japanese men . you are saying that because they were pow ' s that there is some claim that they have been brainwashed to falsely admit to war crimes . that seems like a bit of a stretch .
throughout its three - month run , the theater was packed every day with young japanese who knew little about what their grandparents ' generation did during the war .
because high school students . you can say this kind of stuff to those kids and some of them will come out with a tainted view on japanese people .
starving japanese soldiers stranded on the various pacific islands would resort to cannibalism and referred to pows as
white pork
and natives as
black pork
.
the average american likes jews way more than the chinese too , so that has a lot to do with the willingness to give gloss over the japanese actions .
he has played a japanese ‘devil soldier’ for years , and is still afraid to tell his grandfather , who served in the chinese army ( sina 2015 ) .
curious about china’s “anti - japanese divine drama” ? the video below is a compilation from the wondrous knight of the war of resistance against japan ( 抗日奇侠 ) .
3 : zhu chengshan , ed . , japanese invaders in nanjing massacre survivor t estimon y ( beijing : social sciences academic press , 2005 ) , 469 .
you can see how the japanese seem to be fine with having issei sagawa not in prison or a mental hospital . he seems small - fry by comparison . urltoken
if they seem emotionally unaffected it ' s because they ' re old japanese dudes and keeping a straight face is their culture ' s way of dealing with it .
it is something the nation - which has not had an official military since world war ii - still struggles with today , and especially today . recently , japan ' s wartime activities have stirred fresh controversy because official history books taught in schools do not mention the atrocities . also , visits by japanese prime minister junichiro koizumi to yasukuni shrine , where the memorial tablets of many japanese soldiers are mourned , went so far as to strain diplomatic relations between japan and korea , a victim of japanese aggression .
it ' s just not talked about . likely because the us made an agreement with the imperial japanese scientists ( namely shiro ishii ) for access to the research data .
there ' s still a high level of distrust among older chinese people towards the japanese . it ' s hard to understand how war can make monsters of regular men .
lam , oiwan . 2013 . “china’s anti - japanese tv war dramas knocked for vulgarity . ” global voices , april 2014 urltoken [ 15 . 4 . 15 ] .
the 14 were among that number . nowadays , they want to tell of their activities so that japanese youngsters will know the truth about what took place during the war .
japanese devils , then , is a movie the japanese people desperately need . director minoru matsui lets his video camera roll on the frank recollections of 14 men , all in their 80s , who were japanese soldiers during that time , and who committed atrocities . they detail with shocking frankness what they witnessed - and what they did . the film opens in front of the yasukuni shrine , where two sets of protesters square off : a group of mostly young people , who shout ,
stop praising our deceased soldiers as war heroes !
and an older group of veterans and other citizens who honor
those who had to die
. then , separated by a thumbnail sketch of japan ' s military excursions from 1931 - 45 , come the interviews . one by one , the 14 men , looking kindly , sitting politely as if engaged in simple conversation at a coffee shop , detail their experiences .
the contest to kill 100 people using a sword ( 百人斬り競争 hyakunin - giri kyōsō ? ) is a wartime account of a contest between two japanese army officers during the japanese invasion of china over who could first kill 100 people with a sword . the two officers were later executed on war crimes charges for their involvement . [ 1 ] since that time , the historicity of the event has been hotly contested , often by japanese nationalists or revisionist historians seeking to invalidate the historiography of the nanking massacre . [ 2 ]
the most important part of the verdict relates to the portrayal of chinese villagers and japanese soldiers against the background of the second world war , or , using the chinese term , the war to resist japan . throughout , sarft takes the film to task for incorrect depictions of the nature of the chinese people . an old grandfather should not be shown as being sympathetic to a young chinese soldier , it is deemed incorrect that the villagers care for the japanese soldier and the chinese traitor ( 汉奸 hanjian ) , or that they indicate that they haven’t really suffered under the occupation . when the japanese soldier imagines being attacked by the villagers , he imagines them as samurai . however , sarft feels that what he should feel most are “the armies resisting japan , such as the eighth route army or guerrilla forces” . imagining villagers as samurai “uglifies the chinese people” . in short , in this film , the “common chinese people” do not show sufficient hatred towards the japanese , do not sufficiently differentiate between foe and friend , and display ignorance and apathy . at the same time , according to sarft , the film does not correctly display the cruelty of the japanese army but , amongst others , shows a japanese soldier giving sweets to children . also , “japanese army songs are played often , putting a spin on the japanese imperialists flaunting their strength , which may gravely hurt the feelings of the chinese people . ”
i studied infectious diseases and it shocks me that events like nanking massacre and unit 731 happened . yet there are those in the japanese government who will not acknowledge these events , claim they never happened , and that they are the victims because those are mere fabrications of chinese propaganda . a japanese - born reporter for the the bbc even wrote an article on what japanese education leaves out . so new generations think that chinese people don ' t like japan for no reason at all . this vicious cycle needs to be broken by education .
japanese troops round up chinese and russian prisoners of war and take them to a place called squadron 731 , where they are grotesquely tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons .
a documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the second world war , including the infamous unit 731 . . . see more »
in the war ' s closing days , when a conscience - driven japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force , he adopts the lifestyle of a buddhist monk .
others say peer pressure was a factor . the war veterans , who would often beat and humiliate new japanese army recruits , called them cowardly if they did not participate in the crimes .
there ' s a lot of history and a lot of shitty things - this thread is about the japanese . i really do not understand what your point is - it seems to be
ok the japanese were cruel and so were others in wars
- and my thought is
yeah , so
? it ' s not a revelation nor does it add anything .
a documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the second world war , including the infamous unit 731 . . . see full summary »
the japanese have a shame culture where it ' s more important to keep up a public appearance of having apologised than the deeper intention or meaning behind it . this is known as tatemae and honne . they want to fool the world with their public facade ( tatemae ) but they are hoping that their true intentions ( honne ) doesn ' t get found out or that we ' accept ' their facade out of politeness ( this ' polite accepting ' is a common feature of japanese society ) . of course we aren ' t as oblivious to this as the japanese think we are .
when the japanese entered the city on the december of 1937 , many retreating chinese nationalist troops attempted to cross the river to escape , with some even coming to my house to board . when the sky was getting dark , my entire family took refuge at the nearby [ hutchinson international ] . 2 en route , we saw japanese warships rake down crossing chinese troops with indiscriminate machine gun fire .
the film describes how many of the japanese pows who returned to japan from china were perceived as being brainwashed by communists and were then shunned from society . did any of these 14 witnesses experience this ?
chinese video platform youku released shanghai women’s manual ( or women in shanghai ) last may , following the series beijing women manual ; both series are adapted from 2016 popular japanese drama series tokyo joshi zukan .
the satos made their decision without help . the father , who runs a snack restaurant , said he picked the name to show he wants his son , whatever he became in the future , to
stand at the top .
he also wanted his son to have a name different from other boys and was sure that
there will be only one japanese with this name ,
he told japanese reporters .
it is not easy playing a japanese devil . throughout the years as a japanese officer , yang lei has gone through four military uniforms , fifteen pairs of boots and hundred pairs of socks . some of his colleagues are afraid to talk about their job . “i don’t know how to tell my friends and family about my role as a devil , ” liu chuan says . his grandfather used to be in the chinese army , and he might not be too happy about his grandson playing a japanese soldier . the fear of telling relatives is not unreasonable , according to the article , as it has happened before that actors were removed from the theme park by their parents . “you can play whatever you like , ” said the parents of one 19 - year - old actor : “as long as you don’t play a japanese person . ”
nationalism , of course , was the greatest spur . these onetime fanatical japanese nationalists showed no qualms about murdering and raping if they thought it would further the cause of japan and increase the glory of the emperor .
from these confessions , it is clear that the violence that occurred during the war was exceptionally brutal . one soldier , for instance , recounts that a chinese woman was eaten by japanese troops . similarly , the elaborate medical experiments that were carried out really emphasized that the chinese were not perceived as humans by the imperial army . do you think there was anything distinctive about japanese military training that could allow the violence to escalate like this ?
looking forward to seeing this . i know from other interviews i ' ve seen with former japanese soldiers who were in china that these guys have basically no remorse . most of them were never even punished . sad .
headquarters encouraged the atrocities with their various campaigns . aside from strict disposal , there was the ' three alls policy ' (
kill all , burn all , loot all
) and , when the u . s . began winning the war in 1942 , the ' compulsory seizure campaign ' , in which the japanese army kidnapped chinese citizens and exported them to japan to work in forced labor factories , aiding the japanese war effort .
people are literally saying the mass rape of germans at the end of the war is morally equivalent to the invasion and massacre of chinese people by the japanese ! jesus . . . i really lost my toucan . . .
the tokyo war crimes trial ( 1946 - 48 ) condemned a select group of generals , admirals and diplomats , making many japanese believe that war criminals had been justly tried and punished . during this period , the u . s . decision to exempt the japanese emperor from culpability for these war crimes lessoned the need for serious examination of individual and national responsibility . in addition , japanese citizens became more focused on the challenges of rebuilding japan after post - war destruction . director matsui minoru states ,
what is truly repugnant and dangerous is the attitude of those who avert their eyes from the brutality that took place . therein lies the path to repeating the errors of our past .
a documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the second world war , including the infamous unit 731 medical experimentation group . having been trained by their country to be nothing but killers , the soldiers claim to have become morally numb and unable to see non - japanese as even human . perhaps feeling some remorse for what they have done , they now choose to tell their stories for the world to hear .
i think if you see it once , you would know what had happened during the sino - japanese war . then audience should decide themselves what to make of it , rather than me explaining what is there to learn .
director matsui did not want to show any apologies on film , lest this shift the tone from historical record to confessional . but the ex - soldiers do try to give some reasons , even if they do not shirk personal responsibility for their acts . the fact that japanese military training taught recruits that the chinese were worth less than animals is cited :
we japanese all thought about the chinese the same way - - as subhuman scum ,
says yoshio tsuchiya .
ar : despite this reputation , jiang refused to speak about the
devils on the doorstep
controversy , saying he wants to forget about the past and focus on his upcoming film . china ' s most sought - after director is now behind the camera again . his latest film
the sun also rises
is due to premier at the venice film festival next month . a complex plot spanning 50 years of history told through four separate stories , this adaptation of a short story is expected to be jiang ' s defining directorial comeback .
from what i recall of my stay in japan , grinning and laughter are both a way of showing embarassment , mostly for girls but you never see a japanese man grin wider than when he gets stopped by cops for a traffic violation .
the chinese translation of ‘rage comics’ is bàozǒu mànhuà ( 暴走漫画 ) , with ‘baozou’ literally meaning ‘out of control’ , and ‘manhua’ meaning ‘sketches’ , popularized through the japanese manga term . the term baozou manhua is also abbreviated as baoman ( 暴漫 ) .
my name is chen jiashou . i was born on september 16 , 1918 . when the imperial japanese army invaded nanjing in 1937 , i was living in a small nanjing district with my uncle , mother and father , my two brothers and my sister . at that time , i was only 19 years old . i was an apprentice . after the japanese invasion , i , along with several other people , collectively escaped to a refugee camp by shanghai road . at that time , since the refugee camp had run out of food , i ventured out to replenish the supply . but because of some casual remarks i made while lining up , i was taken by some nearby japanese soldiers and brought to a pond adjacent to shanghai road . having not stood there for more than two minutes , i watched as a group of armed japanese soldiers hustled several lines of about two hundred chinese troops toward the edge of the pond , surrounding them with weapons to prevent them from escaping .
a smaller issue comes at the end of the film , where a guomindang general declares that only the guomindang can legally accept the surrender of japanese troops . again , this does not fit in official ccp historiography and is therefore beyond the pale .
at the end of the war in 1945 , 570 , 000 japanese soldiers surrendered in china and were interned in siberia . after the chinese communist victory in 1950 , these 14 witnesses were among 1 , 100 war criminals who were returned to china for re - education . when they returned to japan in 1956 , they were suspected of being communists and faced years of discrimination . very few japanese veterans have been willing to take the risk of publicly admitting to their individual roles in these atrocities .
a documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the second world war , including the infamous unit 731 medical experimentation group . having been trained by their country to be nothing but killers , the soldiers claim to have become morally numb and unable to see non - japanese as even human . perhaps feeling some remorse for what they have done , they now choose to tell their stories for the world to hear . please keep the discussion civil .
a documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the second world war , including the infamous unit 731 medical experimentation group . having been trained by their country to be nothing but killers , the soldiers claim to have become morally numb and unable to see non - japanese as even human . perhaps feeling some remorse for what they have done , they now choose to tell their stories for the world to hear . written by jean - marc rocher
thus , the instant the japanese soldiers opened fire on us all , i immediately fell toward the ground , faking my death . struck by the flying bullets , my chinese comrades all piled up on my body . right up till it got dark and the japanese soldiers had all left , i lay under the dead bodies , not daring to move . only then did i climb out from under the pile of bodies . it was thus how i became a fortunate survivor of the nanjing massacre .
he ' s not justifying the hatred of an entire ethnicity , maybe his lady friends parents were subjected to these war crimes or witnessed them , if so i understand why she would have some hatred towards japanese people however misguided and unjustified it may be .
about the author : manya koetse is the editor of what’s on weibo . she’s a sinologist who splits her time between the netherlands and china . she earned her bachelor’s degrees in literary studies , japanese & china studies and completed her mphil in asian studies . contact :
these shortcomings will certainly be enough for opponents to dismiss the film as chinese propaganda ( the usual method of discrediting those who bring shame on japan ) . but even for those like me who accept that japanese troops carried out atrocities , it adds an element of doubt .
chinese tv dramas about the second sino - japanese war ( 1937 - 1945 ) are much discussed online topics this month . on april 7 , china’s official censorship bureau spoke out against war - themed tv dramas that are “overly entertaining” . when is war drama too entertaining ? in a theme park in wuxiang , war plays are performed daily . the actors insist that their “acting is serious” and the faithful and accurate reenactment of history is their main goal . in their roles as japanese soldiers , they ‘die’ more than a thousand times a year .
the problem with the japanese apologies is that it seems like every time they take one step forward to owning up to their past some right - wing asshole politician later makes some controversial speech or gaffe that takes them two steps back . it makes the whole thing seem insincere .
but in an indicator of japanese sensitivities on the issue , justice minister akira mikazuki , in a cabinet meeting friday , spoke out about devil , opposing the official intervention in the boy ' s naming via an
administrative guidance ,
a ruling made without specific legal basis .
since then , japan ' s powerful patriotic right wing has ensured that details of the atrocities have been omitted from the country ' s history books . consequently , two generations of japanese have grown up ignorant of their countrymen ' s perverse behavior in china and other asian countries .
one day after work , i walked to the entrance of changshan park . a man surnamed tse heard the sound of a japanese truck , so stuck his head out to take a look . coincidentally , he caught the eyes of the japanese troops , who immediately disembarked and tied old tse up , forcing him to kneel on the ground . one of them took out a bayonet , and violently hacked at old tse’s head . unfortunately , though the back of old tse’s neck was sliced through , his head hung on by the remaining front part of his neck—he was still breathing and alive , collapsed on the floor . seeing this , the japanese soldiers then raised their leather boots , mercilessly kicking him around the changshan park’s grounds . it was only then , with his head severed and his body trashed , that old tse passed away .
in a village in japanese - occupied northern china in 1944 , a peasant named ma dasan ( played with nervous intensity by the director himself ) is interrupted in his late night love - making by a knock on the door . a gunman only identifying himself as
me
deposits two sacks in ma dasan ' s hut and tells him that he must take care of the contents until the gunman ' s return three days later , on pain of death . in the sacks , bound and gagged , are a japanese prisoner of war and his chinese translator .
did you not watch this video ? as is mentioned many times , japanese soldiers were routinely beaten and treated brutally by their own superior officers . their training was such that they quickly became dehumanized and ambivalent to the suffering of people whom they had been taught to believe were inhuman criminals .
i am working on a feature film looking at the effect of media on the legal system . the producer just finished directing a documentary called
able ,
looking at two japanese teenagers with severe disabilities who went to live with a host family in arizona to train for the special olympics .
if you ' re in a thread about japanese cruelty during wwii , there is going to be a lot more discussion about that than the chinese long march . if you really want a lot of bloodshed and hideous cruelty in china you could look at the boxer revolution - that was mental .
my husband knows that i was raped by a japanese soldier , but empathizes with me . he passed away a couple of years ago . in my home , i can’t bear to tell my sons and daughters , and i’m worried that other people will find out and look down upon me .
while the japanese prisoner screams insults at his captors , and the translator changes them into compliments , the villagers try to figure out what to do . the three days pass , then three weeks , then three months , but the mysterious person or persons who deposited the prisoners in the village do not return . should they take them to the japanese authorities ? kill them ? or keep waiting for the gunmen to return ? tensions rise between the personalities in the village , with ma dasan at the center of controversy , as the prisoners become more intractable , their presence more difficult to conceal .
this is disturbing in a way that may be familiar to anyone who has watched a documentary on the holocaust . the big difference - perhaps because no one is chasing individual japanese for war crimes - is that holocaust films are usually about victims , whereas this film focuses on confessions of the perpetrators .
i have never pretended to be american . i am chinese and hate japan , just like every other chinese person in the world . you japanese are the ones engaging in subterfuge , hiding the fact that you refuse to acknowledge that the nanjing massacre and other atrocities ever happened , and visiting the yasukuni shrine regularly to honor class a war criminals . given the chance you ' d probably join in the contest to behead 100 chinese people with a sword as fast as possible , which i should mention was heartily reported on by the japanese media and ended up being called a draw with a score of 106 - 105 .
lastly , there are a few issues of obscenity and language . a sex scene between ma dasan and his lover yu’er is deemed to “bring about strong , harmful sensual stimulation to people . ” a scene in which the villagers’ pack donkey gets aroused by a japanese army donkey is described as vulgar and boring .
the historical epic follows the stories of people from several generations living on the ‘white deer plain , ’ or north china plain in shanxi province , during the first half of the 20th century . this tumultuous period sees the republican period , the japanese invasion , and the early days of the people’s republic of china .
maybe nobody watched this far , but the most incredible thing that i find about all of this is that the chinese did not execute a single japanese war criminal pow . i think that is an incredible act of humanity and rationality , given the terrible acts which these men committed , which would give every excuse for a return of brutality . and yet at the same time , to live with their crimes is probably a greater punishment for the ( hopefully ) majority who have consciences : to imagine their children in the shoes of their victims , knowing that the japanese defeat disproved the superiority ideology that had previously absolved them of their guilt .
the refugees at the [ hutchinson international ] were many . one day , six or seven japanese troops arrived , all of them armed with guns , knives hanging by their waists . they took six or seven maidens from the crowd of refugees . i was among those taken . there was also a maiden i recognized , her name was little qiaozi . one japanese soldier forced me into an empty room . i can remember him being chubby , with a beard . once we were both in the room , he used a knife to force me to take off my pants—i would be killed if i didn’t . i was thus raped in this manner .
recently , china’s state administration of press , publication , radio , film and television ( sapprft ) announced a limit on tv dramas that sensationalise the history of war . the critique is particularly directed at popular war dramas that are mockingly called ‘divine anti - japanese drama’ ( 抗日神剧 ) by chinese netizens . these tv dramas generally depict the japanese army as extremely weak and the chinese protagonists as exceptionally strong . in these series , the chinese hero can cut a japanese soldier in half by just using one hand . the fighting scenes are exaggerated ; there is blood splattering everywhere while body parts are flying around . these series are unacceptable , according to the sapprft , because their mere goal is to entertain viewers . in doing so , they misrepresent history and disrespect the chinese soldiers who fought to defend the nation . examples of these tv series are the wondrous knight of the war of resistance against japan ( 抗日奇侠 ) or the arrow in the bow ( 剪在弦上 ) ( baidu 2015 ) .
shot in black - and - white , which lends the film a stark quality , devils on the doorstep keeps upping the narrative ante until it goes over the top in violent , horrifying fashion . jiang doesn ' t soften his depiction of the chaotic , hysterical wartime mentality , when anything can happen , and the worst thing probably will . his narrative method - staccato editing rhythm , the camera constantly moving - is designed to set you on edge . the hatred of those who are different from us is one of the film ' s targets , but rather than show this willingness to hate as merely ridiculous , jiang makes a connection with the underlying fear that is an inevitable product of war and occupation , and perpetuates itself in endless cycles and reversals .
as the only series in this list , it is set at the time of the second sino - japanese war ( 1937 - 1945 ) , and tells the story of underground communist party member song xiaqiao on a secret mission , who has to deal with spies and traitors . his love interest is played by the beautiful tong liya .
it may be pointless to try to establish which world war two axis aggressor , germany or japan , was the more brutal to the peoples it victimised . the germans killed six million jews and 20 million russians [ i . e . soviet citizens ] ; the japanese slaughtered as many as 30 million filipinos , malays , vietnamese , cambodians , indonesians and burmese , at least 23 million of them ethnic chinese . both nations looted the countries they conquered on a monumental scale , though japan plundered more , over a longer period , than the nazis . both conquerors enslaved millions and exploited them as forced labourers—and , in the case of the japanese , as [ forced ] prostitutes for front - line troops . if you were a nazi prisoner of war from britain , america , australia , new zealand or canada ( but not russia ) you faced a 4 % chance of not surviving the war ; [ by comparison ] the death rate for allied pows held by the japanese was nearly 30 % . [ 40 ]
i wanted to record the true nature of war and how it transformed ordinary men into weak , abnormal , and cruel characters . i wanted to record the history from the views of aggressors . we ( japanese ) were perpetrators in the war , and i wanted to pass the message to people , especially to the younger generation .
interesting . for a real eye opener regarding acts committed by the japanese against the chinese the rape of nan king is an excellent read . it ' s something that is never talked about here in the us , we didn ' t learn about these things in school . i only learned about it due to my interest in military history .
after the rape , the japanese soldier turned to me and said “opened path , opened path” and i was released . in order to avoid the japanese soldiers coming again to hurt us , that night , the manager of the [ hutchinson international ] ferried us—about eighteen maidens—to the cellar of the egg beating room . those among us also included several maidens who had escaped from the suzhou prefecture of jiangsu . i hid in that cellar for several months , with the owners secretly sending me food . only after the situation was deemed “peaceful” did i return to live with my mother and father . i had lived in the [ hutchinson international ] for more than a year before i had returned home .
it ' s a cultural difference . apologies in japan are percieved to be more sincere than they are in other countries . from the japanese perspective apologizing once , let alone several dozen times , takes a lot of humility . japan ' s war apologies are sincere apologies , they have just been overshadowed by high ranking politicians that have made revisionist remarks .
in the days and months leading up to the occupation of nanjing , foreign nationals living in the capital city played a key role in resisting the japanese assault . those who chose to remain served both as witnesses to history and as emblems of courage . minnie vautrin , one of only two foreign women who remained in nanjing , was one such individual .
from my perspective it is interesting purely as a student of history . my grandfather fought the japanese in malay , india and burma . i am a regular travaler to japan . trying to re imagine the first and second hand stories ( like this documentary ) and marry that with my present day knowledge of the country and it ' s people is very difficult .