TheShanghaiDocument(Russian:Шанхайскийдокумент)isanearlydocumentaryfilm.ThissilentfilmwasdirectedbyYakovBliokh(ЯковБлиох,1895-1957)andwasreleasedintheUSSRin1928.ThefilmportraysShanghai,Chinaintheearly1920s.ItshowsthecontrastsbetweentheworldofWesternexpatriates(includingBritons,Americans,NewZealanders,Australians,andDanes)wholiveintheluxuriousShanghaiInternationalSettlement,andthatoftheShanghaineseinhabitants,whospendtheirdayslaboring.TheeventswhichinspiredthefilmrevolvearoundtheChinesenationalistrevolution(1925-27),includingtheMayThirtiethMovement,andtheFirstUnitedFrontoftheChineseCommunistParty,andtheNationalists(theKuomintang),anditscollapseinFebruary1927whenChiangKai-shekorderedapurgeoftheCommunistsinShanghaiandinothercitiesheldbytherevolutionaries旧版