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Chinese Film Classics Course
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Module 1: Laborer’s Love (1922)
Module 2: Sports Queen (1934)
Module 3: Goddess (1934)
Module 4: The Great Road (1934)
Module 5: New Women (1935)
Module 6: Song at Midnight (1937)
Module 7: Street Angels (1937)
Module 8: Long Live the Missus! (1947)
Module 9: Spring River Flows East (1947)
Module 10: Spring in a Small Town (1948)
Module 11: Crows and Sparrows (1949)
Module 12: Course Wrap-Up
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Welcome to Chinese Film Classics!
The Chinese Film Classics Project
Chinese Film Classics is a project, a course, a book, and a website dedicated to making early Chinese films and cinema history more accessible.
Early Chinese Film Directory
Watch 20+ early Chinese films with English subtitles, and view clips, articles, and other features.
Chinese Film Classics Online Course
A self-paced course with modules on 11 films, each including one film, two video lectures, and other learning resources.
Resources on Early Chinese Cinema
Articles, image galleries, bibliographies, links, and further resources for exploring the history of Chinese cinema.
Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1949
A book-length study of early Chinese contributions to the cinematic arts, offering accessible introductions to fourteen masterworks.
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