The Gate of Heavenly Peace is a feature-length documentary about the 1989 protest movement, reflecting the drama, tension, humor, absurdity, heroism, and many tragedies of the six weeks from April to June in 1989. The film reveals how the hard-liners within the government marginalized moderates among the protesters (including students, workers and intellectuals), while the actions of radical protesters undermined moderates in the government. Moderate voices were gradually cowed and then silenced by extremism and emotionalism on both sides.
Richard Gordon
Director
Carma Hinton
Director
Geramie Barmé
Writer
John Crowley
Writer
Directed by John Ford70%
Public Speaking70%
180° South72%
The Class of ‘9271%
Room 23761%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
McQueen74%
Bitter Lake75%
Above Majestic73%
The Cheshire Murders65%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Night Will Fall76%
The Weather Underground67%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Voyeur59%
The Crash69%
Harmontown66%
Sherman's March67%
Tabloid64%
Maternal Instinct71%
