China: The Cultural Revolution Will Be Televised
Annie Luo
Nov. 13, 2003
Chu Wan, 72, shows off his new television set in Fanling, China, Aug. 28, 2003 (Photo: Ricky Chung/South China Morning Post/AFP-Getty Images).
For the first time, China’s state-run Central Television (CCTV)—the country’s only national network—has run a completely uncensored foreign television series. Band of Brothers, co-produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, is not some light-hearted family drama or love saga—its an Emmy award-winning serious World War II epic. Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, the 10-part miniseries tells the story of “Easy Company,” from the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers’ journals and letters, Band of Brothers “chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear,” in the words of the show’s official Web site.
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