Long March - S1.E1

The young revolutionary Mao Zedong experiences a China on its knees. After the end of the empire, the country is in the firm grip of warlords and imperialist powers. Mao's dream of a united China and a communist society that will lead the country back to its former greatness grows. Mao and his communist movement are involved in a bloody civil war until Mao finds himself at the gates of Beijing in 1949.