| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 109.3

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Morning Sun. Written, directed and produced by Geremie R. Barmé, Carma Hinton, and Richard Gordon. United States. 2003; color; 117 minutes. Distributed by Long Bow Group.

The Cultural Revolution presents China historians with challenges comparable to the conundrums faced by students of the Jewish Holocaust. It is hard to explain how, within two months, from June to August 1966, the Red Guard became a decisive and destructive force. What banal details can account for the seeming madness of a generation turned brutal to the point of denouncing parents and beating teachers to death? The well-wrought documentary Morning Sun is the latest attempt to place the years of chaos in context. Although it does not uncover many new details, the film's coherent use of visual material provides a fresh and convincing examination of the dynamics that paved the way for the Cultural Revolution.

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