Artists in Person The Gate of Heavenly Peace recently had its West Coast premiere at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. "In the spring of 1989, students and workers occupied Beijing's Tiananmen Square and the world watched China struggle with this wrenching upheaval in the name of democracy. Directors Carma Hinton and Richard Gordon, after years of meticulous research and interviews, reveal the complexity of the event which, tragically, led to the deepening of political repression. They explore the power struggles among the protesters, the importance of both intellectuals and rock stars in their midst, the shifting of government policy-all of which sheds new light on one of the most significant political events of our century."-New York Film Festival '95 "(An) enthralling documentary film?a meticulous day-by-day chronicle?.The film probes much more deeply into the student democracy movement that precipitated the demonstrations than one could have believed possible,given that the filmmakers are Americans."-New York Times Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton have collaborated on several award-winning films on life in China including Small Happiness, All Under Heaven: Life in a Chinese Village, and To Taste a Hundred Herbs: Gods, Ancestors and Medicine in a Chinese Village.