Research On Chinese National Minority Documentary

With the penetration of globalization in the field of film and television cultureand propound of soft power of national culture, as a form of ethnic minorityconcern, Chinese minority documentary has won more and more attention. Inrecent years, minority documentary has continuous growing in the production andrelease. At the same time, minority documentary theory has been continuallydeepening, which provide a solid foundation for our continuing research. Thispaper uses the statistical analysis, literature analysis, case analysis, comparativeanalysis and other methods, combined with social history criticism, film andTelevision studies, communication studies, cultural studies, esthetic research andother disciplines of knowledge and theory, concrete application of the crossstructure of comprehensive analysis to analyze Chinese minority documentary.The research will put Chinese minority documentary on Chinese culturaldevelopment strategy， Chinese film and television development and worldtelevision development historical background and discourse environment,combined with the practice and needs of cultural development, to explain anddiscuss minority documentary’s development, recording content, culturalsignificance, aesthetic pursuit and survival strategies. The paper is divided intofive parts, including introduction, conclusion and Main discussion. Main part isdivided into three chapters: the first chapter systematically discusses the Chineseminority documentary film development course, the survival context, evolutionmodel. The paper gives new summary and classification to Chinese minoritydocumentary’s history. And the research points out that Chinese minoritydocumentary’s three stages of development have three models: political pattern,artistic and cultural models. The second chapter integrates the television science,cultural studies and esthetic research to give Chinese minority documentarypolyphonic interpretation from the perspective of the film and television art, cultural representation, aesthetic discourse. The third chapter explores Chineseminority documentary’s survival strategy. The paper analyzes Chinese minoritydocumentary’s exploring life in process of survival and the current developmentdilemma. According to the current development situation and tendency ofdomestic and foreign documentary, the paper puts forward the relatedcountermeasure to Chinese minority documentary’s industrialization. Chineseminority documentary is not only a record of production and life of ethnicminority people in the region, but also to some extent reflects the developmenttrend of Chinese society and the diversification of concept. Chinese minority withits strong development potential and broad inclusive brings a new image toChinese movies and culture. And it will become an important force of China’scultural and social development.