sixth generation cinema
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definition: Also called the independent or urban generation, Chinese cinema's “Sixth Generation” (6thG) emerged soon after the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989. Starting in the early 1990s, a collection of maverick filmmakers confronted contemporary social problems by examining the personal lives of protagonists mostly unseen in Chinese cinema beforedissatisfied and dissolute urban youth, rock musicians, immigrant and migrant workers, and gay and lesbian charactersand 6thG cinema was born. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media; Sixth Generation Cinema (China)]
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cinema, television, and video
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