| Uniform Title |
Chimerica (Television mini-series : 2019) |
| Title |
Chimerica. |
| Published |
Australia : Acorn Media : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2018. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (180 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Madman Entertainment : AMA10442. |
| Originally broadcast in Britain on the Channel 4 television network during April- May 2019. |
| "Based on the award-winning play" -- cover. |
| Based on Chimerica a 2013 play by the British dramatist Lucy Kirkwood directed by Lyndsey Turner. |
| Special features: Behind the scenes featurette ; picture gallery. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Kodak Ergo Sum -- Gray Areas -- The Brace Position -- Neither East nor West. |
| Credits |
Directed by Michael Keillor ; produced by Adrian Sturges ; written and created by Lucy Kirkwood. |
| Performers |
Alessandro Nivola, Cherry Jones, Terry Chen, Katie Leung, Ty Simpkins, Naomi Yang, Isabella Laughland, Jay Yu, Chipo Chung, Lim Kay Siu, David K. S. Tse, Tan Kheng Hua, Orion Lee, with Sophie Okonedo, and F. Murray Abraham. |
| Summary |
Beijing, 1989. As the Chinese army violently forces protestors out of Tiananmen Square, a man carrying two shopping bags stands in front of a line of tanks. Young, frightened Lee Berger reaches for his camera and takes a photo that will change his life forever. New York, 2016. Presidential candidate Donald Trump wages war on the established media. Seasoned photojournalist Lee Berger's career is put in jeopardy when rumours circulate that he photoshopped his award-winning image of a Syrian war victim. Recalling the photograph that launched his career twenty-seven years ago, the Tank Man of Tiananmen Square, Lee comes up with an idea that he hopes will both salvage his reputation and serve as an inspiring form of protest against Trump: to find the Tank Man and show that this icon of democracy has not, and will not, be silenced. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby digital 2.0, PAL, Region 4, widescreen 16:9, fullframe 1.78:1. |
| Language note |
In English with English subtitles. |
| Subjects |
Kirkwood, Lucy -- Television adaptations |
| Berger, Lee -- Drama |
| China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 -- Drama |
| Photojournalism -- Drama |
| Photojournalists -- Drama |
| Fake news -- Drama |
| Television series -- Great Britain |
| Television programs, British |
| China -- Relations -- United States -- Drama |
| United States -- Relations -- China -- Drama |
| Genre |
Historical television programs |
| Political television programs |
| Fiction television programs |
| Television mini-series |
| Other Names |
Kirkwood, Lucy screenwriter, creator. |
| Keillor, Michael director. |
| Sturges, Adrian, 1976- producer. |
| Nivola, Alessandro actor. |
| Jones, Cherry, 1956- actor. |
| Okonedo, Sophie actor. |
| Abraham, F. Murray actor. |
| Chen, Terry actor. |
| Leung, Katie, 1987- actor. |
| Kirkwood, Lucy. Chimerica Television adaptation of (work): |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Abraham, F. Murray .
- Chen, Terry .
- Jones, Cherry, 1956- .
- Keillor, Michael .
- Kirkwood, Lucy .
- Kirkwood, Lucy. Chimerica .
- Leung, Katie, 1987- .
- Nivola, Alessandro .
- Okonedo, Sophie .
- Sturges, Adrian, 1976- .
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