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Lost Underground
by storyboardsinformation
In the 1960s, at great risk to their lives, a group of teenagers in China defied the authoritarian regime by reading and writing forbidden texts, painting and exhibiting avant-garde works of art, and exploring western music. Held in secret, these early underground salons laid the groundwork for a movement called “The Misty Poets.” Their stories from China’s Cultural Revolution have been buried by fear and fading memory. We present these stories to preserve a history that should never be forgotten and also reflects the struggles continuing in America and around the globe. (For our purposes, some names have been changed to protect the identities of those still living in China.)
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Lost Underground Episode 8: EPILOGUE – Conversation with Paul Manfredi, Gavin, and Cheryll
“Epilogue” – Professor of Chinese at Pacific Lutheran University visits Lost Underground Director Gavin Reub and artist/writer Cheryll Leo-Gwin to revisit the underground salons and the Misty Poets of China’s Cultural Revolution. They ask the question Why do we care?
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Lost Underground Episode 7: THE THIRD GENERATION – Another escape
“The Third Generation” – Seeking freedom from oppression and persecution, the third-generation escapes from China.
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Lost Underground Episode 6: Still Some Questions - Genghis Sung
“Still Some Questions” – Suicide, torture, and hopelessness drive a young painter to become China’s grandfather of painting during the Cultural Revolution.
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Lost Underground - Episode 5: Dreamers - The Roses and Tianping’s Story
“Dreamers” - Escaping the authoritarian Dictator Mao Tse Tung, teenage artists and poets in underground salons are drunk and in love with love.
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Lost Underground – Episode 4: Music in the Wilds - Li Luli
“Music in the Wilds”: Under the harshest conditions in China’s Great Northwestern Wilderness and authoritarian dictatorship, music finds the heart.
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Lost Underground – Episode 3: Under Threat to Lives – Li Muchen
“Under Threat to Lives”: Young teenager and painter Li Muchen uses fire and flames to protect his friends from the authoritarian control of dictator Mao Tse Tung.
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Lost Underground – Episode 2: The Father – Li Fan
Li Fan, a young revoluonary and right-hand man of Mao Tse Tung. He speaks of student revolts, red army guerilla warfare, and imprisonment as a spy.
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Lost Underground – Episode 1: The Escape – Li Mei Ling
Young teenager, Li Mei Ling, escapes from starvation, authoritarian dictatorship, imprisonment, and family separation during China’s Cultural Revolution.
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Introduction to Lost Underground - Gavin and Cheryll
An 8-episode podcast will be released in Summer 2025. Stories from the underground salons during China’s Cultural Revolution have been buried by fear and fading memory. We present these true stories to preserve a history that also reflects the similar struggles continuing in America and around the globe.
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In the 1960s, at great risk to their lives, a group of teenagers in China defied the authoritarian regime by reading and writing forbidden texts, painting and exhibiting avant-garde works of art, and exploring western music. Held in secret, these early underground salons laid the groundwork for a movement called “The Misty Poets.” Their stories from China’s Cultural Revolution have been buried by fear and fading memory. We present these stories to preserve a history that should never be forgotten and also reflects the struggles continuing in America and around the globe. (For our purposes, some names have been changed to protect the identities of those still living in China.)
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