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 prehistory, China Central Radio and Television Station Film and Television Documentary Center and French State Television 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. On June 5, Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Mark Mark were on the phone and emphasized: “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 France. How can we strengthen cooperation and make “China-French contributions” in this regard? The main creative team of the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” prepares for the future, adjusts work ideas in a timely manner, makes full use of the Internet to communicate in the “cloud” and promotesThe preparation and implementation of this project has built a new bridge for Sino-French cultural exchanges under the epidemic.
Deputy Department of the Central Propaganda DepartmentKomiksChairman Director and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong
Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, Director and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong said: “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 People: The Last Secret of Mankind” tells the story of exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations, emphasizes co-construction and sharing, and is in line with the current propositions, with the temperament of the times and humanistic pursuits. It is of great enlightenment for the people of China and France and the people around 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 beyond national boundaries over thousands of years. The basis of China-France relations is that we have a common belief. I firmly believe that this documentary film will surely be successful.”
“cross-screen” deep integration
Create a fine documentary film in the era of media integration, building into an international first-class new mainstream media with strong leadership, communication and influence is the strategic goal of China Central Radio and Television.
Among these, the China 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 National Television Group to create the “Beijing People: PeopleBabaylan to create the “Beijing People: People”.The documentary film “The Last Secret of Babaylan” 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 process of human and human social evolution. 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 Komiks film is an adventure that combines rigorous scientific research with mass communication. 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
CCCC Film and Television Documentary Center is trying to explore a new path for documentary media integration with “cross-screen” as the path. This integration must form high-quality content. Xue Jijun, a member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television, said, “China and France cooperate to shoot the documentary film “Beijing People: The Secret of the Last Mankind” is a good opportunity for the two countries to strengthen civilization exchanges and mutual understanding. It is hoped that both China and France will jointly make the film a scientific, rigorous, real and moving, caring for mankind, observing the world, and having a pioneering status 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? Catherine Alevares, head of the documentary program of the French State Television Group, said: “With the help of various technologies and image synthesis, we can make very realistic and exquisite videos, which will truly reproduce the footprints of China’s earliest primitive humans. How they invented tools and how their brains evolved to become modern humans. So this will be a new chapter, a prehistoric China you don’t know about. ”
Catherine Alevares, head of documentary program of French State Television Group
Schematic diagram of Beijingers hunting
Tracing the origin of ancient civilizations
Exploring the origin of human beings
1921, Beijing Zhou<a 2 ancient human teeth were found in the Babaylan Komiks. After that, research and discovery here laid the foundation for the birth of the ancient Chinese anthropology discipline.
The excavation site of the Beijing Renzhoukoudian site
The skull of the Peking Man discovered here on December 2, 1929 revealed a new era of ancient human research in the world.
Beijing people’s ZhoukouCinema’s excavation site
In 1987, the Zhoukoudian site was included in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCOCinema.
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 entire human evolution research in East Asia and even Cinema, 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 civilizationKomiks, “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 to carry out the research of scholarsKomiks‘s results are presented through video.
This documentary will be directed by the famous French documentary director Jacques Marat, and the famous French paleoanthropologist Yves Coben is invited to serve as the chief writer and scientific consultant. The documentary “Odyssey of a Species”, “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 Mankind” Jacques Marat
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” Jacques Marat
Yves Coben was the discoverer of the early human fossil “Lucy”, who had formed an indissoluble bond with China and the “Beijing people” very early. 40 years ago, he visited China and participated in the scientific expedition work of the Zhoukoudian site with his team.
General writer and scientific consultant of “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” Yves Coben
Why is he focusing on the history of human evolution again after nearly 20 years? Chief writer Yves Coburn said that this is because with the advancement of science, we now know much more than we did back then. Research on the origin of human history is to send messages to all human beings, because human beings are essentially family. We share a common history, regardless of nationality or culture.
Human evolution map
Documentary movie “Beijing peopleKomiks: The last secret of human beingsBabaylanSecret” 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 in civilizations, and transcending civilization superiority through civilized coexistence. It will write a new chapter in Sino-France cultural exchanges and cooperation.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Humanity Komiks” Cloud Launch Ceremony