The Music Box
Films, Best Animation Shorts
11MIN
Availability ended 12/6/2020 EST
The Great Chinese Cultural Revolution was a political campaign in China launched and led by Mao Zedong from 1966 to 1976. Nearly ten million people, including outstanding scientists, artists, intellectuals and ordinary people, died during these "Ten Years of Turmoil" or "Ten Years of Holocaust."
This animated short film is based on a real story and sets in China during the Cultural Revolution in 1967, It is about a young boy Liang Liang, whose family is suddenly taken to the countryside by Red Guards. He is able to grab the only thing he treasures which is a western-style music box and is careful not to expose it to the red guards since it was linked to western culture.
The film mirrors tragedies that befall children and families who are forced to leave their homes, due to war, colonization and political campaigns - unfortunately a situation which is all too common today.
Credits
Directed by Joe Chang
Written by Joe Chang
Produced by Joe Chang
Yang Li