1999年《天安门上太阳升》一片因其在动画片和纪录片的结合上的原创性获得奥斯卡奖最佳纪录短片奖提名，并获得了相当于加拿大奥斯卡奖的国家电影电视学院颁发的双子座奖最佳历史和传记片，以及包括多伦多国际纪录片电影节和休斯顿国际电影节的最佳短片奖以及全美传媒界的金苹果奖在内的多项国际奖。该片先后在世界上几十个国家播放。 该片讲述了作者及其同代人从“红色梦”到“美国梦”的成长历程。
This film illustrates the life of the film director, Shui-Bo Wang in The People's Republic of China. We learn of the life of the director in his own words and images from a child steeped in the values of Chinese communism exemplified by Chairman Mao, to a young man striving to live up to those ideals both as an artist and a soldier. We also learn of his disillusionment with Chinese society and those same ideals, culminating in the horror of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
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