Chinese Filmmaker Defies Censors to Expose Horrors of the Great Famine Defying China’s increasingly intensive and brutal crackdown on dissent, filmmaker Hu Jie recently released Spark, a documentary that exposes the horrific reality of the Great Famine of 1958-1961 through interviews with survivors.The Great Faminethe Great Leap ForwardCensorship Read more about Chinese Filmmaker Defies Censors to Expose Horrors of the Great Famine