The documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind”
6BabaylanThe 13th of 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 Propaganda Department of the Central Committee, Director of the Central Radio and Television Station and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong and French Minister of Culture Frank List jointly announced the launch of the project. Attending the “cloud launch” ceremony were also attended by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azule, French Ambassador to China, Luo Liang, member of the editorial meeting of the Central Radio and Television Station, Xue Jijun, as well as experts and scholars from China and France and members of the main creative team of the film.
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 ancient human development and evolution and show China’s prehistory, China Central Radio and Television Station Film and Television Documentary Center and French State Television Group jointly produced the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind”, and plans to be launched as an event project for the Sino-French Cultural Tourism Year, and will be launched in December 2021. At that time, the documentary film will be broadcast simultaneously in major theaters around the world, French national TV 2 and the central station record channel.
The epidemic cannot hinder cultural cooperation
China and France “cloud” civilization exchanges
Since this year, the heads of state of China and France have spoken four times.
On June 5, Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Macron emphasized during a phone call: “In the face of the epidemic, unity and cooperation are the right way. China and France must continue to jointly support the international community in unity in fighting the epidemic, and forThe world will ultimately defeat the epidemic and make “China-France contributions”. ”
Cultural heritage cooperation 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.
China Propaganda<a In his speech, Shen Haixiong, Deputy Minister of the Cinema Department Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Central Propaganda Department, Director and Chief Editor of the Cinema Department, Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Central Radio and Television Department Director and Editor of the Cinema Department Shen Haixiong said: "The wind is strong and the fire is full of real gold. The friendship between China and France has been tested. We must deepen exchanges and cooperation, find the 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 that the production of this film is inseparable from the close cooperation between China and France, and he wants to pay tribute to this thriving cultural cooperation. “These 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 have common beliefs. I firmly believe that this documentary film will surely succeed. ”
“cross-screen” deep integration
Create documentary film quality
In the era of media integration, it has become a world-class new mainstream media with strong leadership, communication and influence. This is the strategic goal of China Central Radio and Television Station.
The Central Radio and Television Documentary Center is committed to producing more ideas.//comicmov.com/”>Babaylan wants to Babaylan with the French State Television Group to create the documentary “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” is a meaningful exploration of the integration of the two sides “cross-screen” and combining their respective advantageous resources.
UNESCO also has high hopes for this documentary film. Director-General Audrey Azulei said: “The Zhoukoudian site has witnessed the evolution of human beings and human society. UNESCO attaches great importance to scientific discovery and international cooperation in the process of Babaylan. The achievements of these two undertakings have renewed our understanding of human evolution in space and time. This film is an adventure that combines rigorous scientific research with mass communication with great ambition. It is our common story, a beautiful epic. ”
United Nations Educational Science and Technology Corporation Director-General Audrey Azule
French Ambassador to China Luo Liang said in his speech that this film will give more viewers the opportunity to understand the wonderful history of the “Beijing people”. The archaeological achievements of the scientists’ sites are very significant, and will reveal more secrets of human evolution to people. France is proud to participate in the production of this documentary film.
French Ambassador to China Luo Liang
The Film and Television Documentary Center of China Central Radio and Television is trying to explore a new path for documentary media integration with “cross-screen”. This integration must be Cinema must Komiks to form high-quality content. Member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television Corporation Cinema Xue Jijun 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 leading work that is scientific, rigorous, real and moving, caring for mankind, observing the world, and has a pioneering position in the field of humanities.”
Member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television Corporation What will happen if a documentary like Xue Jijun goes to the big screen? Katherine Alevares, head of the documentary program at the French National Television Group, said: “With the help of various technologies and image synthesis, we can make a very realistic and exquisite video. This video will truly reproduce the footprints of the earliest primitive humans in China, how they invented tools, how their brains evolved, and thus become modern humans. So this will be a new chapter, a prehistoric China you don’t know. Babaylan“
Catherine Alevares, head of documentary program of French State Television Group
Schematic diagram of Beijingers hunting
Tracing the origin of ancient civilizations
Exploring the origin of human beings
In 1921, two ancient human teeth were discovered in Zhoukoudian, Beijing. After that, the research and discovery here laid the foundation for the birth of the discipline of Chinese paleoanthropology.
BeijingThe excavation site of Renzhoukoudian site
And on December 2, 1929, the Peking Man’s 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, Komiks and 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 the ancient civilization. “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” will use the latest scientific research results and the latest scientific and technological means of China and France to reproduce the magnificent prehistoric stories of the “Beijing People” in Asia, and present the research results of scholars through video.
This documentary will be directed by the famous French documentary director Jacques Marat, and will invite the famous French paleoanthropologist Yves Coben as the chief writer and scientific consultant. The documentary “Odyssey of a Species” jointly completed by the two of them once won the love of 800 million viewers around the world.
Jacques Marat, the director of “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind”, Yves Coben was the discoverer of the early human fossil “Lucy”. He had formed an indissoluble bond with China and the “Beijing people” very early. 40Komiks He visited China a few years ago and participated in the scientific research work of the Zhoukoudian site with his team.
Komiks Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” Chief Writer and Scientific Consultant Yves Coburn
Why did it focus 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 BabaylanHumans are family. We have 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 ancient human development and evolution, transcending civilization barriers through civilized exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and 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: KomiksThe Last Secret of Humanity” Cloud Launch Ceremony