Introduction

Chimerica is a Channel 4 four-part miniseries that aired in April 2019, based on the play of the same name by Lucy Kirkwood.

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Outline

A young photojournalist captures a photo of the Tank Man in Beijing during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Twenty years later, he goes on a journey to discover the man’s true identity.

Cast

• Alessandro Nivola as Lee Berger.
• Cherry Jones as Mel Kincaid.
• Sophie Okonedo as Tessa Kendrick.
• F. Murray Abraham as Frank Sams.
• Terry Chen as Zhang Lin.
• Katie Leung as Liuli.
• Vera Chok as Shen.

Chimerica Series

• Episode 01: Kodak Ergo Sum.
• Episode 02: Gray Areas.
• Episode 03: The Brace Position.
• Episode 04: Neither East nor West.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Michael Keillor.
• Producer(s): Alexander O’Neal, Colin Callender, Sophie Gardener, Lucy Kirkwood, and Adrian Sturges.
• Writer(s): Lucy Kirkwood.
• Music: Shigeru Umebayashi.
• Cinematography: Wojciech Szepel.
• Editor(s): Dominic Strevens.
• Production: Playground Entertainment.
• Distributor(s): Channel 4.
• Release Date: 17 April 2019 to 08 May 2019.
• Running time: 56 minutes.
• Rating: 15.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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