Gung Ho - Rewi Alley of China

Expat Kiwi Rewi Alley became one of the best known foreigners in 20th Century China and advocate for the Communist Revolution. When China was under siege from Japan in the late 1930s, Alley instigated an industrial co-op movement he termed ‘gung ho' (work together). Its success led to the phrase entering the global idiom. For this documentary a Geoff Steven-led crew travelled 15,000km in China in 1979, filming Alley as he gave his account of an engrossing, complex life story. Co-writer Geoff Chapple later wrote a biography of Alley.

Country:

New Zealand

Genre:

Documentary,

History

Duration:

50 minutes

Year:

1980

Director:

Geoff Steven

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Company:

Phase Three Film Productions Ltd.,

New Zealand National Film Unit

Cast:
Rewi Alley

Himself

Crew:
Graham Morris

Sound

Geoff Chapple

Writer

Leon Narbey

Camera Department Manager

Geoff Steven

Director

Annie Collins

Editor