''Morning Sun'' () is a 2003

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

by Carma Hinton about the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. The film uses archival and propaganda footage from the era as well as interviews with Red Guard participants and victims to explore the events and effects of the Cultural Revolution. In the

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, the film garnered largely positive reviews. It won the

American Historical Association The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world, claiming over 10,000 members. Founded in 1884, AHA works to protect academic free ...

John E. O'Connor Film Award in 2004 and was nominated or a finalist in regards to a handful of other awards and film festivals.

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Nick Fraser Storyville Series Editor''Morning Sun'' websiteCenter for Asian American Media
- North American distributor of the film
''Morning Sun'' Documents China's Cultural Revolution
- NPR interview with the film's creator * American documentary films 2000s Mandarin-language films 2003 television films 2003 films Documentary films about China Red Guards Films about the Cultural Revolution 2003 documentary films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2003 multilingual films American multilingual films English-language documentary films Chinese-language American films {{hist-documentary-film-stub

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