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 Propaganda 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. Attending the “cloud launch” ceremony were also attended by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azule, French Ambassador to China, Luo Liang, member of the editorial meeting of the 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 process of ancient human development and evolution and show China’s prehistoric history, the China Radio and Television Station Film and Television Documentary Center and the French national TV Group jointly produced the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind”, 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 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.
6KomiksOn the 5th of this month, 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 unity 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 FranceCinema. 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, adjusts their work ideas in a timely manner, and fully utilizes 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 of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the China Radio and Television Station and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong said in his speech: “Qi<a 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 of human civilization in the face of the epidemic. "Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind" tells the story of exchanges and mutual learning in civilizations, emphasizes co-construction and sharing, conforms to the current propositions, and has 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 List
French Minister of Culture Frank List said in his speech that the production of this film is inseparable from the close cooperation between China and France, and 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 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 be successful.” “KomiksSpan-screen” deep integration
Create a fine documentary film in the era of media integration, build a strong leadership and transmission.baylanThe world-class new mainstream media with broadcasting power and influence is the strategic goal of China Central Radio and Television. Among them, the Central Station Film and 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.
UNESCO 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, combining rigorous scientific research with mass communication with great ambition. It is our common story and a beautiful epic.”
Director-General of UNESCO In his speech, Audrey Azoulei, French Ambassador to China, Luo Liang said that this film will give more viewers the opportunity to learn about the brilliant history of the “Beijing People”. Scientists’ archaeological achievements in the site of Babaylan 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
The Film and Television Documentary Center of China Central Radio and Television is trying to explore a new path for documentary media integration with “cross-screen”. This fusion must form high-quality content. Xue Jijun, a member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television Corporation, said, “China and France this timeThe cooperation in filming the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” is a good opportunity for the two countries to strengthen exchanges and mutual understanding of civilization. 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 to the big screen effect? Catherine Alevares, head of documentaries at the French State Television Group, said: “With the help of various technologies and image synthesis, we can Komiks to create a very realistic one. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema‘s exquisite video, which will truly reproduce the footprints of the earliest primitive humans in China, how they invented tools, how their brains evolved, and thus became modern humans. So this will be a new chapter, a prehistoric China you don’t know about. ”
Catherine Alevares, head of documentary program of the French State Television Group
Schematic diagram of Beijing people hunting
Tracing the origin of ancient civilizations
Exploring the origin of human beings
In 1921, two ancient human teeth were discovered in Zhoukoudian, Beijing. After that, the research and discovery here laid the foundation for the birth of the discipline of Chinese paleoanthropology.
Excavation site of Zhoukoudian site in Zhoukoudian, Beijing
On December 2, 1929, the BabaylanThe skull of Peking Man has opened up 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 of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced that “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 world, and has continuously improved and portrayed the East Asian region. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanThe context of human evolution. ”
Director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleopause and Paleopause, Chinese Academy of Sciences Deng Tao
Died human history href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks, traces the origin of ancient civilizations, “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” will use the latest scientific research results and latest scientific and technological means of China and France to reproduce the magnificent prehistoric stories of the “Beijing People”, Asian Homo erectus, 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”, “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 Mankind” chief director Jacques Marat
Yves Coben was the discoverer of the early human fossil “Lucy”. He had formed an indissoluble bond with China and the “Beijing People”. 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? Chief Writer 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 human beings are essentially family. We have a common history, regardless of nationality or culture.
Human evolution map
The documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of HumanityKomiks” will be launched in 2021, revealing the major process of ancient human development and evolution, transcending civilization barriers through civilized exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and transcending civilization conflicts through civilization coexistence and superiority through civilizations. It will write a new chapter in Sino-France cultural exchanges and cooperation.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Humanity” Cloud Launch Ceremony