Kunming Information Harbor News Reporter Shangguan Yanjun On December 12, the major revolutionary historical theme film "Jedi Rebirth" was launched in Kunming. The film recreates the history of Mao Zedong leading the Red Army to cross the Red River four times after the Zunyi Conference, reversing the crisis and realizing the great turning point of the Chinese revolution.
The film "Jedi Rebirth" is a major film and television project planned, organized and implemented by the Propaganda Department of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, jointly produced by Yunnan Nanzhao Longshi Cultural Development Co., Ltd., Beijing East Asia Longshi Culture and Media Co., Ltd., Yunnan National Film Studio, and distributed by Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd.
At the launching ceremony, Zeng Yan, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee and director of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial CPC Committee, unveiled the start-up.
At the launching ceremony, Peng Bin, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Yunnan Provincial CPC Committee and director of the Information Office of the Provincial Government, said: "The Tashi conference and the crossing of the Jinsha River are an important part of the party's strategic transformation in the long river of the party's history. The film "Jedi Rebirth" will reproduce the party's brilliant achievements, arduous course, historical experience, and fine traditions, and profoundly enlighten why the Communist Party of China 'can', why Marxism 'works', and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is 'good'. Studying history is to better move toward the future, and the movie "Jedi Rebirth" will be the best party history study and education textbook."
"'Jedi Rebirth', as a major film project of the Propaganda Department of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, landed in Kunming, which not only fills the gap in kunming's film art display in the Red Army's clever crossing of the Jinsha River, but also provides fresh teaching materials for the in-depth study and education of party history throughout the city." Xu Xiaomei, member of the Standing Committee of the Kunming Municipal Party Committee and director of the Propaganda Department, said that the filming of "Jedi Rebirth" is a major event in Kunming, and the Kunming Municipal Party Committee will take the film shooting as a favorable opportunity to inherit the red gene, promote the development of red tourism in Kunming, and display the good image of Kunming, go all out to do a good job in various service guarantee work, support and cooperate with the filming work, and ensure the safe, orderly and smooth progress of all work.
It is understood that the movie "Jedi Rebirth" is directed by the famous director Nie Jun, starring Wang Ban, Hou Xiangling, Tao Xianfeng, Pu Shasha, Yuan Weijie, Tao Xianfeng, Chen Wanglin and other actors. Its content is mainly based on the major historical events in the process of the Long March of the Central Red Army from October 1934 to May 1935 as the background, showing the world that the Red Army resolutely chose the Long March when faced with the choice of life and death, and held the key Tashi Conference in Tashi, Yunnan Province, to achieve a major turning point in the revolution, reorganize the central leadership, and redefine Mao Zedong's military leadership, from then on the Chinese revolution entered a new stage and completed the story of the change of destiny of the rebirth of the Jedi. In order to create a work on this major revolutionary historical theme, the Propaganda Department of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the producer began a large number of preliminary collection and preparatory work from May 2020, forming a story script with major historical events such as the Tashi Conference and the Red Army's clever crossing of the Jinsha River as clues, telling the story script of the Chinese revolution achieving a major turning point in the process of the Long March and moving towards a new stage of victory. The script was demonstrated by domestic party history experts and film and television experts at a script creation demonstration meeting, and the creative team revised and improved it three times, and finally finalized it.
According to Cai Chuandao, director of the film "Jedi Rebirth" and former director of the Art Center of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, "In terms of creation, the film "Jedi Rebirth" abandons the traditional documentary-style narrative mode, uses the film form of retrospective film, focuses on major historical events and important historical figures, intersperses the heroic stories of ordinary Red Army soldiers, restores and displays the historical situation, shows the lofty ideological realm of the revolutionary pioneers who have firm convictions, are strong and unyielding, sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths, and save the country and save the people. Fully embody the original mission of the Chinese Communists, let today's people draw from it, consolidate and expand the achievements of the theme education of 'not forgetting the original heart, keeping the mission in mind', so as to examine the original intention, nourish the original heart, and constantly temper the political character of loyalty and cleanliness."
Wang Chuan, producer and chief producer of the film "Jedi Rebirth" and chairman of Yunnan Nanzhao Longshi Cultural Development Co., Ltd., said: "With the help of the Central Propaganda Department, the State Film Administration, the Propaganda Department of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, the Propaganda Department of the Kunming Municipal Party Committee, the Propaganda Department of the Zhaotong Municipal Party Committee, the Weixin County, and the Luxun County Party Committee and County Government, as well as the leading group for film and television creation of major revolutionary and historical themes and all sectors of society, the film "Jedi Rebirth" that has been approved by the Central Propaganda Department's Leading Group for Major Revolutions and Major Historical Themes film and television creation will certainly live up to the expectations of the public We will strive to build it into a work of profound thinking, exquisite art, and excellent production, will reproduce the party's brilliant achievements, arduous course, historical experience, and fine traditions, and will strive to build it into the best vivid materials for the study and education of party history, and the next step will be to carry forward the glorious tradition and continue the red blood in the way of 'film + party lessons', and inherit and carry forward the great party-building spirit of adhering to the truth, adhering to the ideal, practicing the original intention, undertaking the mission, not being afraid of sacrifice, heroic struggle, being loyal to the party, and living up to the people's great party building spirit! ”
After the launching ceremony, the crew began to go to Tashi, Weixin County, Zhaotong City, and Luxun County, Kunming City, to shoot. It is scheduled to be released in theaters nationwide in June 2022.