3)The Communist era,1950s-1960s: With the Communist takeover in 1949,the government saw motion pictures as an important tool for propaganda.Starting from 1951,pre-1949 Chinese films and Hollywood and Hong Kong productions were banned. Movies centered around peasants and soldiers. Chinese filmmakers were sent to Moscow to study Soviet filmmaking. In 1956,the Beijing Film Academy was opened. 4)The Cultural Revolution,1960s-1980s: During the Cultural Revolution,the film industry was severely restricted. Almost all previous films were banned,and only a few new ones were produced. The most notable--a ballet version of the revolutionary opera The Red Detachment of Women(1971) The film depicts the liberation of a peasant girl and her rise in the Chinese Communist Party.3) The Communist era, 1950s-1960s: With the Communist takeover in 1949, the government saw motion pictures as an important tool for propaganda. Starting from 1951, pre-1949 Chinese films and Hollywood and Hong Kong productions were banned. Movies centered around peasants and soldiers. Chinese filmmakers were sent to Moscow to study Soviet filmmaking. In 1956, the Beijing Film Academy was opened. 4) The Cultural Revolution, 1960s-1980s: During the Cultural Revolution, the film industry was severely restricted. Almost all previous films were banned, and only a few new ones were produced. The most notable -- a ballet version of the revolutionary opera The Red Detachment of Women (1971). The film depicts the liberation of a peasant girl and her rise in the Chinese Communist Party