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