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Cast

Kate Adie

Kate Adie

Herself - Presenter

Crew

Andy Webb

Andy Webb

Director

Andy Webb

Andy Webb

Editor

Andy Webb

Andy Webb

Producer

Emma Parkins

Emma Parkins

Executive Producer

Ed Stobart

Ed Stobart

Executive Producer

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I Was There: Kate Adie on Tiananmen Square

20186.0 / 1059 min
Documentary, History

Overview

In a long-form interview, Kate recalls how she was wounded by gunfire and narrowly escaped death herself as she and her cameraman remained in the line of fire while an estimated 2,000 pro-democracy demonstrators were shot down by Chinese government troops. Kate reviews the reports she made on the ground, with additional insight from leading historian Professor Steve Tsang, and draws on the BBC's archive to assess how film-makers have portrayed China before and after the upheaval.