Episode 6: Movie Discussion: Breaking with Old Ideas

Natalie and Cherrie discuss the wildly entertaining 1975 CCP Propaganda Film Breaking with Old Ideas. Made at the end of China's Cultural Revolution, the film is a naked justification of both the goals and methods of Maoist education. Come see what the hard line Maoists claimed they wanted in their own word (it's crazy).

The movie can be found online here: https://archive.org/details/Breaking_With_Old_Ideas

So please follow along and learn why universities are bad, private industry is worse, and how your mother will cry if she sees you in leather shoes. If you do end up watching it, please let us know what you think! Are you convinced? Did you take off your leather shoes.