The New York Times: ‘Yang Ban Xi,’ a Documentary on Chinese Operas as Propaganda
Long before Nixon and Peter Sellars, and long before Made in China branded the world, the Chinese government produced state propaganda of the campiest kind. In the documentary “Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Model Works,” the director Yan-Ting Yuen revisits the country’s recent past to explore the history and legacy of one of the strangest…