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This project presents a collection of interviews, lectures, documentaries, archive film and audio recordings relating to contemporary Xinjiang (Shinjiang), northwest China.
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is also known as East Turkistan or Uyghurstan (Uighuristan).
This archive was created by S L James between 2008 and 2009 with assistance from members of the Uyghur diaspora and in particular Dr Enver Tohti.
Further recordings will be added to this site in the future.
新疆视频项目
在这个项目里将向您展示关于中国西北部－新疆的采访录，演讲录，专题片集，档案影片以及录音采访录等。新疆维吾尔自治区又被称作东突厥斯坦或者吾依固尔斯坦。
还会有更多的文件档案加入。
For older films and audio recordings relating to East Turkistan visit Swedish Mission Project www.archive.org/details/swedish-mission-project
For interviews with academics on Central Asia including Xinjiang visit Understanding Central Asia www.archive.org/details/understanding-central-asia
Credits
Title: Xinjiang: Uyghurs
Subject: Dr Michael Dillon, Tsinghua University discusses Xinjiang politics.
Duration: 10 minutes, Date: May 2009, Production: S L James
Note: Part of Contested Spaces Video Project
http://www.archive.org/details/Contested-Spaces-Video-Project
Title: A Strange Kind of Freedom, Subject: Documentary on Guantanamo Uyghurs in Albania. Durations: 23 minutes, Date: 2007, Production: Bill Stout
Note: Broadcast on Al Jazeera's Witness Programme
Title: Beyond the Wall: A Journey Through China, Subject: Travel writer Colin Thubron travels the Silk Road. Duration: 53 minutes, Date: 1989, Production: BBC
Note: Colin Thubron's book 'Shadow of the Silk Road' covers Xinjiang
Title: Capital at the Center of Asia
Subject: Tourist video on Xinjiang and Urumqi, Duration: 15 minutes, Date: 2006
Production: XUAR Government
Title: China: Power and the People
Subject: China documentary featuring Xinjiang, Duration 60 minutes, Date: 2007
Production: PBS / BBC
Title: China: Silenced
Subject: Serene Fang discusses human rights in Xinjiang, Duration: 15 Minutes Date: 2005,
Production: PBS
Title: China: Women and the Country
Subject: China documentary featuring Xinjiang, Duration: 60 minutes, Date: 60 minutes
Production: PBS
Title: China's Hidden War
Subject: Report on civil unrest in Ghulja (1997), Duration: 12 minutes, Date: 1997, Production: Channel 4 News
Title: CNN Insight
Subject: TV report on Xinjiang, Duration: 23 minutes, Date: 2002(?)
Production: CNN
Title: Death on The Silk Road
Subject: Documentary on nuclear testing in Xinjiang. Duration: 27 minutes
Date: 1997, Production: Dispatches (Channel 4)
Title: East Turkistan Republics
Subject: Nabijan Tursun discusses the 1st ETR (1933-34) and 2nd ETR (1944-49)
Duration: 36 minutes, Date: September 2008, Production: S L James
Title: Exploration of Sea Monsters
Subject: Tourist video on Xinjiang, Duration: 15 minutes, Date: 2006 Production: XUAR Government
Title: Gold Mountain Silver Water
Subject: Tourist video on Xinjiang, Duration: 15 minutes, Date: 2006
Production: XUAR Government
Title: Hotan Capital of Silk Production
Subject: Tourist video on Xinjiang, Duration: 15 minutes, Date: 2006
Production: XUAR Government
Title: Isa Yusuf Alptekin Documentary
Subject: Documentary on exiled Uyghur leaders life, Duration: 28 minutes, Date: 1994
Production: Turkish TV
Title: Isa Yusuf Alptekin's Funeral
Subject: Funeral in Istanbul of exiled Uyghur leader, Duration: 49 minutes, Date: 1995
Production: Turkish TV
Title: Isa Yusuf Alptekin Speech
Subject: A speech by the exiled Uyghur leader, Duration: 16 minutes, Date: (not known)
Production: (not known)
Title: Loulan Mysterious Ancient City
Subject: Tourist video on Xinjiang, Duration: 15 minutes, Date: 2006
Production: XUAR Government
Title: Rebiya Kadeer Press Club Talk
Subject: Exiled Uyghur leader's talk in Australia, Duration: 59 minutes, Date: 2009
Production: ABC TV
Title: Silk Road Series (six episodes)
Subject: Japanese series on the Silk Road, Duration: 48 minutes (each episode), Date: 1980, Production: NHK
Title: Road from Guantanamo
Subject: Documentary on Guantanamo Uyghurs in Albania, Duration: 30 Minutes
Date: 2006, Production: YLE
Title: Roaming the Riverland
Subject: Tourist video on Xinjiang, Duration: 15 minutes, Date: 2006
Production: XUAR Government
Title: Silk Road to Guantanamo: The Story of Adel Hakimjan
Subject: Adel Hakimjan talks about his journey to Sweden via Guantanamo
Duration: 40 minutes, Production: S L James, Note: Also online here www.forcedmigration.org/video/guantanamo
Title: Sino-Turkish Relations
Subject: Prof Yitzhak Shichor lecture at Manchester University
Duration: 60 minutes, Date: February 2009, Production: S L James
Title: Sven Hedin Silk Road Documentary
Subject: Sven Hedin in Xinjiang, Duration: 24 minutes, Date: (not known)
Production: (not known)
Title: Tarim Mummies Documentary
Subject: Mummies in Xinjiang, Duration: 47 minutes, Date: 2007
Production: National Geographic
Title: On the Spot Report: The Crimes of East Turkistan's Terrorist Power
Subject: CCTV documentary, Duration: 60 minutes, Date: 2002
Production: CCTV, Note: An English translation is attached for this documentary
Title: The Uighur Dilemma
Subject: Documentary on the distruction of Kashgar's old town
Duration: 25 minutes, Date: June 2009, Production: ABC TV
Title: Uighurs
Subject: Human rights documentary, Duration: 10 minutes, Date: 2006
Production: Amnesty Netherlands
Title: Uyghur Dance Performances from the 1980s
Subject: Uyghur music and dance, Duration: 1hr 4 minutes
Title: Uyghur-Han Relations Since 1949
Subject: Prof James Millward interview at Georgetown University
Duration: 37 minutes, Date: September 2009 Production: S L James
Note: James Millward is author of 'Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang'
Title: Uyghur-Han Youth Relations and Identity
Subject: Dr Joanne Smith-Finley interview at Newcastle University.
Duration: 30 minutes, Date: July 2009, Production: S L James
Title: Uyghurs and China
Subject: Author Christian Tyler interview on Uyghurs.
Duration: 40 minutes, Date: August 2008, Production: S L James
Note Christian Tyler is author of 'Wild West China: The Taming of Xinjiang'
Title: Waiting for Uighurstan
Subject: Documentary on Cross-border Uyghur relations
Duration: 53 minutes, Date: 1996, Production: Dr Sean Roberts
Note: Not for download. Copies can be bought by contacting Dr Roberts seanrr@gwu.edu
Title: Xinjiang Repression
Subject: Documentary on human rights in Xinjiang, Duration: 19 minutes
Date: 2002, Production: Journeyman Pictures
Title: Security Issues in Xinjiang
Subject: Prof Yitzhak Shichor interview, Duration: 23 minutes
Date: February 2009, Production: S L James
Title: Xinjiang Tourist Music Video (1)
Subject: Views of Xinjiang, Duration: 45 minutes,Date: 2008, Production: XJEM
Title: Xinjiang Tourist Music Video (2)
Subject: Views of Xinjiang, Duration: 45 minutes, Date: 2008, Production: XJEM
Audio
Title: ABC National Radio Discussion on Urumqi Unrest
Subject: A discussion on Urumqi unrest featuring Dr Sean Roberts.
Date: 8.7.2009, Duration: 15 minutes, Production: ABC National Radio (Late Night Live)
Title: World Routes in China on Uyghur Music
Subject: Programme on Uyghur music in Xinjiang
Date: 14.6.2008, Duration: 60 minutes, Production: BBC Radio 3
Title: BBC Radio 4 the World Tonight with Dr Caroline Hoy on Urumqi Unrest
Subject: Discussion on Urumqi unrest featuring Dr Caroline Hoy
Date: 7.7.2009, Duration: 11 minutes, Production: BBC Radio 4 (The World Tonight)
Title: BBC Radio 4 the World Tonight with James Millward on Urumqi Unrest
Subject: News on Urumqi unrest featuring Prof James Millward
Date: 6.7.2009, Duration: 2 minutes, Production: BBC Radio 4 (The World Tonight)
Title: BBC World Service with Dr Michael Dillon on Urumqi Unrest
Subject: News on Urumqi unrest featuring Dr Michael Dillon
Date: 6.7.2009, Duration: 4 minutes, Production: BBC World Service Radio
Title: CBC News Report on Urumqi Unrest
Subject: CBC News report on Urumqi unrest
Date: 7.7.2009, Duration: 3 minutes, Production: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Title: CCTV Channel 9 Report on Urumqi Unrest
Subject: CCTV channel 9 report on Urumqi unrest
Date: 6.7.2009, Duration: 10 minutes, Production: 6.7.2009
Title: Channel 4 News with Lindsey Hilsum on Urumqi Unrest
Subject: Lindsey Hilsum discusses Urumqi unrest, Date: 6.7.2009, Duration: 2 minutes, Production: Channel 4 News
Title: Channel 4 News in Hotan
Subject: Lindsey Hilsum reporting in Hotan, Date: 28.4.2008, Duration: 6 minutes
Production: Channel 4 News
Title: National Public Radio with Linda Benson on Urumqi Unrest
Subject: Discussion with Linda Benson on Urumqi unrest
Date: 8.7.2009, Duration: 4 minutes, Production: National Public Radio
Note: Prof Linda Benson is author of 'The Ili Rebellion'.
Title: Nation Public Radio News on Urumqi Unrest
Subject: Report on Urumqi unrest, Date: 8.7.2009, Duration: 3 minutes
Production: National Public Radio
Title: China's Borders
Subject: Dr Michael Dillon discusses China's internation borders
Date: 2008, Duration: 20 minutes, Production: S L James
Note: Part of Talking Borders Audio Archive www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreforInternationalBordersResearch/Resources/TalkingBorders
Title: Transfer of Young Uyghur Women in China
Subject: Transfer of Uyghur women from Xinjiang
Duration: 32 minutesDate: 2009 (interviews recorded over previous 12 months)
Production: S L James, Note: A Podcast for Forced Migration Online www.forcedmigration.org/podcasts/uyghur-women
Reviews
Subject: Xinjiang Video project
Thank you very much!
Cole Chan
Subject: Xinjiang Video Project
Simon
Subject: xinjiang
we are working on a project proposal and we wanted to know if there was any chance we could use any of this stock footage only for application purposes, not at all for any commercial purposes, we will credit you completely but wanted to know if this was allowed?
