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 all audiences to understand the major journey 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 State Television Group jointly produced the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind”, and plans to launch it as an event project for the Sino-French Cultural Tourism Year, and it 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, KomiksChinese 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 France. How can we strengthen cooperation and make “China-French contributions” in this regard, documentary film “Beijing People:The creative team of “The Last Secret of Mankind” is ready for the future, adjusts work ideas in a timely manner, makes full use of the Internet to communicate in the “cloud”, promotes the preparation and implementation of the project, and builds a new bridge for Sino-French cultural exchanges under the epidemic.
Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Radio and Television Department Director and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong
Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Radio and Television Department Director and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong said in his speech: “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 href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanMan: The Last Secret of Mankind” tells the story of exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations, emphasizes co-construction and sharing, is in line with the current proposition, has the temperament of the times and the pursuit of humanities. 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
French Minister of Culture Frank List
French Minister of Culture Frank List said in his speech that the production of this film cannot be separated from the close cooperation between China and France, and he wants to pay tribute to this prosperous cultural cooperation. “These cooperation gives everyone the opportunity to understand the connection between mankind and transcend national borders over 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 succeed.” “College-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 them, the Babaylan Drama 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 the “cross-screen” between the two parties.”>Komiks is a meaningful exploration of integrating and combining their respective advantageous resources.
UNESCO also has high hopes for this documentary film. Director-General Audrey AhKomiks said: “The Zhoukoudian site witnesses 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 that combines rigorous scientific research with mass communication with great ambition. 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
CCTV Film and Television Documentary Center is taking the “cross-screen” as the path to try to explore a new path for documentary media integration. 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 Last Secret of Mankind”, href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan is a good opportunity for the two countries to strengthen exchanges and mutual understanding of civilizations. It is hoped that both China and France will jointly build the film into 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 produce very realistic and exquisite videos. This video will truly reproduce the footprints of China’s earliest primitive humans, how they invented tools, how their brains evolved, and thus 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
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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 paleoanthropology in China.
Excavation site of the Zhoukoudian site in Beijing
On December 2, 1929, the skull of the Peking Man discovered here unveiled 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 UNESCOBabaylan.
Zhoukoudian site
Deng Tao, director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced: “Generations of scholars from different countries have carried out various research on Zhoukoudian fossils, which has had a profound impact on the research on human evolution in East Asia and even the entire human evolution, and has continuously improved and portrayed the context of human evolution in East Asia.”
Director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Deng Tao
Excavation of human historyKomiksClassBabaylanKomiksHistory, traces the origin of ancient civilizations, “Beijing people: The Last Secret of Humanity will use the latest scientific research achievements and latest scientific and technological means of China and France to reproduce the magnificent prehistoric stories of the “Beijing people” in Asia, 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 two of them collaborated on the documentary “Odyssey of a Species”, “Homo Homo sapiens” and “The Rise of Humanity” that they once won 800 million viewers worldwide.
Jacques Marat, the director of “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind”, was the discoverer of the early human fossil “Lucy”, and he had a long history of inseparable relationship with China and the “Beijing People”. He visited China 40 years ago and participated in the scientific expedition work of the Zhoukoudian site with his team.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Humanity” Chief Contributor and Scientific Consultant Yves Coben
Why did it focus on the history of human evolution again after nearly 20 years? Chief Contributor Yves Coben said that this is because with the advancement of science, we now know much more than we did in the past. The origin of studying human history is to send messages to all mankind, because humans are essentially family. We have a common history, regardless of nationality or culture.
Human Evolution Map
Cinema‘s movie “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” 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, transcending civilization conflicts through civilizations, and transcending civilization superiority through civilization coexistence. It will write a new chapter in Sino-France cultural exchanges and cooperation.
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“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Humanity” Cloud Launch Ceremony