The East Wind State Farm (2009)

In 1957 two hundred teachers students and cadres were labeled as Rightists for voicing criticism of the Communist Party and sent to the East Wind State Farm in southwest China As part of Chinas disastrous Great Leap Forward these inmates were forced to take part in illconceived deforestation agricultural and industrial projects that led to widescale famine Later they endured the Cultural Revolution when their camp was visited by large groups of sentdown youth from the cities After 21 years of remolding the Rightists were finally rehabilitated in 1978 and allowed to leave in 1978 THE EAST WIND STATE FARM reexamines the tragic events of Chinese modern history during the height of Maoist rule Director Hu Jie collects dozens of extensive interviews with both inmates and staff who served through three decades of the camps existence