Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China’s Ruling System

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China’s Ruling System

Year: 1000

Runtime: 122 mins

Language: French

Director: Tania Rakhmanova

Documentary

After the 1949 founding of the People’s Republic, Mao Zedong created the Laogai ‘Reform Through Labor’ camps, using forced labor and torture for repression. Millions were imprisoned, many executed, and inmate labor fueled the economy. Purges, climaxing in the Cultural Revolution, caused killings and exiles. Archival footage lets documentary trace China’s surveillance and repression system to today.

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