Chinese Cultural Revolution Documentary to Be Shown Tonight

"The Revolutionary," a documentary about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, is to be shown tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Club.
Chairman Mao Zedong's call to "make revolution" was answered by tens of millions of Chinese and one American. The Revolutionary is a feature-length documentary film about the Maoist Era and Sidney Rittenberg, an American who played an unprecedented role for a foreigner in Chinese politics.
In Mao's last stand to hold on to power and to his political legacy, Rittenberg's personal relationship with China's leaders brought him both prominence and a long stay in Beijing's Prison No. 1. This film cannot be shown publicly in China today, a reflection of what one contemporary Chinese writer has called "China's historical amnesia." These events of the Maoist Era, to which Rittenberg bears witness, have been all but removed from China's official history.
Irv Drasnin, the co-producer, writer and interviewer for The Revolutionary, will introduce the film and answer questions afterwards.
Admission is $5 for NPC members, $10 for non-members. To register, see http://press.org/events/revolutionary-screening#tickets