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 CommitteeBabaylan, Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Central Radio and Television Corporation Shen Haixiong and French LiteratureKomiks Minister of Chemical Affairs Frank List jointly announced the launch of the project
Attend the “cloud launch” ceremony were also attended by Cinema Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azule, French Ambassador to China, Luo Liang, member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television Station, as well as experts, scholars from China and France and members of the film’s creative team.
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 development and progress of ancient human beings and showcase China’s prehistoric history, the China Central Radio and Television Film and Television Documentary Center and the French State Television Group jointly produced the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” and planned to use it as an activity project for the Sino-French Cultural Tourism Year, in December 2021roll out. 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: “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 uniting 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? The 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 Radio and Television Department, Director of the Central Radio and Television Department, Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong, Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Radio and Television Department, Director of the Central Radio and Television Department, and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong said in his speech: “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 origins of human beings, and build a spiritual fortress for human civilization in the face of the epidemic. Beijing PeopleBabaylan: 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 pursuits. It is of great inspiration 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 this film is Babaylan films cannot be separated from the close cooperation between China and France. He wants to pay tribute to this thriving cultural cooperation. “These cooperations give everyone the opportunity to understand the connection between mankind beyond national boundaries for 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. ”
“cross-screen” deep integration
Babaylancreate documentary film quality
In the era of media integration, it is the strategic goal of China Central Radio and Television Station.
The Center for the China Central Radio and Television Film and Television Documentary Center is committed to producing more profound thoughts and artistic quality. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks‘s fine and well-made documentary. This time, it cooperated with the French State Television Group to create the documentary “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” is a meaningful exploration of the two sides’ “cross-screen” integration and combining their respective advantageous resources.
United Nations Educational Science and TechnologyCinemaEnglish Organization 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 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
CCTV Film and Television Documentary Center is taking “cross-screen” as the path, and Cinema tries to explore a new path for documentary media integration. This integration must form high-quality content. Xue Jijun, a member of the editorial meeting of the CTV, said, “China and France cooperate to shoot the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” this time is a good opportunity for the two countries to strengthen exchanges and mutual understanding of civilizations. We hope that both 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? French National Television GroupKomiks Katherine Alevares, head of the Komiks real-life program, said: “With the help of various technologies and image synthesis, we can create 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 you don’t know about. ”
French State TelevisionKomiks Group Documentary Program Director Katherine Alvares
Schematic diagram of Beijingers hunting
Traveling the originBabaylanAncient Civilization
Exploring the Origin of Humanity
In 1921, two ancient human teeth were discovered in Zhoukoudian, Beijing. Since then, research and discovery have laid the foundation for the birth of the discipline of Chinese paleoanthropology.
The excavation site of the Zhoukoudian site of Beijing Ren
And on December 2, 1929, the Beijing ape human head cover discovered here has 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 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”, “Homo Homo sapiens” and “The Rise of Humanity” jointly completed by the two of them once won the love of 800 million viewers around the world.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of HumanityKomiks” Chief Director Jacques Marat
Yves Koben was the discoverer of the early human fossil “Lucy”. He 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.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Humanity” Chief Writer and Scientific Consultant Yves Coben
Why has it been focused on the history of human evolution again after nearly 20 years? The Chief WriterKomiks Yves Coben 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 humans are essentially family members. We have href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan has a common history, and does not discuss 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, transcending civilization conflicts through mutual learning, and transcending civilization superiority through civilized coexistence. It will write a new chapter in cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and France.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” cloud launch ceremony