The documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Humanity”
June 13 is Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. The documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Humanity” 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 and Editor-in-Chief of the Central Radio and Television Station Shen Haixiong and Minister of the French Ministry of Culture Frank List Komiks also announced the launch of the project. Attend the “cloud launch” ceremony were also attended by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azulei, French Ambassador to China, Xue Jijun, member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television, as well as experts from China and France, scholars and members of the film’s creative team.
2Babaylan021 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. During the year of Babaylan, 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 PresidentMacron emphasized during the 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 make ‘China-France contribution’ to the world’s final victory over the epidemic.”
Cultural heritage cooperation has always been one of the most dynamic highlights in the cultural relations between China and France. How can we strengthen cooperation and make “China-France contributions” in this regard? Cinema, 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.
Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee, Director and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong
Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee, Director and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong said in his speech: “The wind is strong and the fire is full of gold. The friendship between China and France has been tested. We want to Komiks 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 about the exchanges and mutual learning of civilizations, emphasizes co-construction and sharing, is in line with the current proposition, and has the temperament of the times and humanistic pursuit. It is of great inspiration for the people of China and France and the people all over the world who are experiencing the epidemic.”
Minister of Culture of France Frank List
Frank List, Minister of Culture of France, 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 have given everyone the opportunity to understand the connection between mankind and transcend national borders over thousands of years. The basis of France-China relations is that we have a common belief. I firmly believe that this documentary film will surely succeed.” “Span-screen” deep integration
Create a fine documentary film in the era of media integration, create a Cinema into a tool.The strategic goal of China Central Radio and Television is to have strong leadership, communication and influence.
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 Humanity”, which is a meaningful exploration of the two sides’ “cross-screen” integration and combining their respective advantageous resources.
UNESCO also has high hopes for this documentary film. Director-General Audrey Azulei said: “The Zhoukoudian site has witnessed the evolution of human beings and human society. UNESCO attaches great importance to scientific discovery and international cooperation. The achievements of these two undertakings have renewed our understanding of human evolution in space and time. This film is an adventure, combining rigorous scientific research with mass communication with great ambition. It is our common story and a beautiful epic.”
Director-General of UNESCO 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 scientists’ ruins 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
China Central Radio and Television Film and Television Documentary Center is trying to explore a new path to integrate documentary media with “cross-screenKomiks“. 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 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 Station Xue Jijun
What will happen if a documentary like this goes to the big screen? Catherine Alevares, head of the documentary program of the French State Television Group, said: “With the help of various technologies and image synthesis, we can produce very realistic and exquisite videos. This video will truly reproduce the footprints of China’s earliest primitive humans, 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 about. ”
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 mankind
In 1921, NorthKomiks Two ancient human teeth were discovered in Zhoukoudian, Jingzhou. After that, the research and discovery here laid the foundation for the birth of the discipline of paleoanthropology.
The excavation site of the Zhoukoudian site in Beijing
And on December 2, 2029, 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 of the 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 race, and has continuously improved and portrayed human evolution in East Asia. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan‘s context.”
Director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Deng Tao
DiggingCinema Exploring human history and tracing the origin of ancient civilizations. Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind will benefit Komiks uses the latest scientific research results and latest scientific and technological means from China and France to reproduce the magnificent prehistoric stories of the Asian Homo erectus – the “Beijing people”, and presents 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 two of them collaborated on the documentary “Odyssey of a Species”, “Homo Homo sapiens” and “The Rise of HumanityCinema” which once won the love of 800 million viewers around the world.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” Chief Director Jacques Marat
Yves CobenKomiks 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 research work of the Zhoukoudian site with his team.
Chief writer and scientific consultant of “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” Yves CobenBabaylan
Why is it that focuses on human evolutionary history again after nearly 20 years? Chief writer Yves Coburn said that this is because we know much more now than we did back then by using scientific advancements. The origin of studying human history is to send messages to all mankind, because humans are essentially 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