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 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.
United Nations Educational Group also attended the “cloud launch” ceremony. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan 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 and scholars from China and France and members of the film’s creative team.
2021 is 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 development and evolution of ancient humans, Komiks has demonstrated the history of China’s prehistoric history, the China Radio and Television Station Film and Television Documentary Center and the French State Television Group jointly produced the documentary film “Beijing People: The Secret of the Last Humanity”, 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 synchronized in major theaters around the world, Cinema State TV II and the Central Station Documentary ChannelBroadcast.
The epidemic cannot stop cultural cooperation
China and France “cloud” civilization exchanges
This year, the heads of state of China and France have spoken four times. On June 5, Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Mark Mark 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 the “China-France contribution” to the world’s final victory over the epidemic.”
Cecultural 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? The main creative team of the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” prepares for the future and adjusts their work ideas in a timely manner. Babaylan makes full use of the Internet to communicate in the “cloud” to promote the preparation and implementation of the project, and build 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 of the Central Radio and Television Station Shen Haixiong
<a In his speech, Shen Haixiong, deputy director of the Central Propaganda Department, director and editor-in-chief of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, said: "The wind knows the strong grass, and the fire shows the real gold. The friendship between China and France has been tested. We must deepen exchanges and cooperation, find the cultural origin 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 between civilizations, emphasizes co-construction and sharing, and is in line with the current proposition, with the temperament of the times and humanistic pursuits. It is of great enlightenment for the people of China and France and the people all over the world who are experiencing the epidemic."
French Minister of Culture Frank Lister
French Minister of Culture Frank Lister said in his speech that the production of this film is inseparable from the close cooperation between China and France, He wants to pay tribute to this thriving cultural cooperation. “These cooperation gives 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. KomiksI firmly believe that this documentary film will surely be successful.”
Deep integration of “cross-screen”
Create a fine documentary film in the era of media integration, building into an international first-class new mainstream media with strong leadership, communication and influence. 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 Council also has 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 undertakings have renewed our understanding of human evolution in space and time. This film is an adventure, with great ambitions to combine rigorous scientific research with mass communication. It is our common story and a beautiful epic.”
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 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
China Central Radio and Television Documentary Center is trying to explore a new path for the integration of documentary media Komiks using the “cross-screen” path.This fusion must form high-quality content. Xue Jijun, a member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television, said that “China and France cooperated to shoot the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” is a good opportunity for the two countries to strengthen civilization 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 documentary programs at the French National Television Group, said: “With the help of various technologies and image synthesis, we can make very realistic and exquisite videos that 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 that you don’t know.”
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, Zhoukoudian, BeijingBabaylan discovered 2 ancient human teeth. The research and discovery here have laid the foundation for the birth of the discipline of Chinese paleoanthropology.
The excavation site of the Zhoukoudian site in Beijing
And on December 2, 1929, the Peking Man skull discovered here revealed that the new era of ancient human research in the world was opened.
The excavation site of the Zhoukoudian site in Beijing
In 1987, the Zhoukoudian site was listed on 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 is for Research on human evolution in East Asia and even the entire human race has had a profound impact, and has continuously improved and portrayed the context of human evolution in East Asia. ”
Deng Tao, Director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Exploring human history and tracing ancient civilizations. “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”, the “Beijing People”, and present the research results of scholars through video.
This documentary film will be directed by Jacques Marat, the famous French documentary director, and invites the famous French paleoanthropologist Yves CinemaKomiksThe documentaries “Odyssey of a Species”, “Homo Homo sapiens” and “The Rise of Humanity” have won 800 million worldwide Komiks‘s collaborationThe 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.
General writer and scientific consultant of “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” Yves Coben
Why is he focusing on the history of human evolution again after nearly 20 years? The author, Komiks, said that this is because with the advancements in 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 humans are essentially family. We share a common history, regardless of Komiks 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 civilizations, and transcending civilization superiority through civilization coexistence. It will write a new chapter in Sino-French cultural exchanges and cooperation.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Humanity” Cloud Launch Ceremony