1976 propaganda cinema so intense it'll make your agitprop-loving grandma weep with revolutionary joy.
Counter-revolutionaries oppose Gao Daquan and the progressive production cooperative union efforts at improving flood control.
Production
Glorious 1970s rural China location shooting.
Costume
Authentic workwear that screams 'we're building socialism!'
Direction
Lin Nong's by-the-book revolutionary filmmaking.
Director
Lin Nong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This dropped during the final year of the Cultural Revolution, when 'model operas' and agricultural propaganda dominated Chinese screens. The 'progressive production cooperative' was peak socialist realism messaging.
Co-director Sun Yu was a pre-revolutionary filmmaking legend who somehow survived multiple political purges; his participation here was likely survival strategy, not passion project.
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