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The Uyghurs (1977)
Directed by Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Documentary · 30m
Filmed in western China in the late 1970s, this documentary portrays the Uyghur people, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority living in the Xinjiang region. Directed by Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan-Ivens, the film documents daily life and cultural practices during the closing years of the Cultural Revolution, situating Uyghur identity within the broader political and social framework of the People’s Republic of China.
Crew
- Director
- Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
- Writer
- Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Details
- Original title
- Les ouigours
- Release date
- 1977-04-01
- Runtime
- 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Uighur
- Countries
- France