Crew
Joris Ivens
Director
Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Director
Joris Ivens
Writer
Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Writer
The Uyghurs
197730m6.0 (1)
Documentary
Filmed in western China in the late 1970s, this documentary portrays the Uyghur people, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority living in the Xinjiang region. Directed by Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan-Ivens, the film documents daily life and cultural practices during the closing years of the Cultural Revolution, situating Uyghur identity within the broader political and social framework of the People’s Republic of China.
